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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/10/2022 3:37:00 PM
An Egyptian archaeological mission unearthed remains from an ancient mining mission in South Sinai that dates to Ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced on Monday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
1/4/2022 7:40:28 PM
Mohamed Salmawy laments the paucity of international coverage in Egypt
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Egypt
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Tourism
1/1/2022 4:32:19 PM
To enhance visitors’ experience at archaeological sites and museums in Egypt, new environmentally-friendly electric buses have been introduced into service at the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut Temple on Luxor’s west bank, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced.
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World
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Africa
1/1/2022 2:22:54 PM
South Africa bade farewell on Saturday to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid, in a funeral stripped of pomp but freighted with tears and showered with drizzles of rain.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
12/30/2021 9:25:38 PM
In celebration of Christmas, the ambassador of Egypt in Belgrade Amr Aljowaily held an event titled ‘Cultural Heritage of Egypt: Journey of the Holy Family, Churches and Monasteries’, which featured photos, booklets, and documentaries on the architecture of Egyptian churches and encouraged Serbian tourists to visit them.
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Books
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Reviews
12/30/2021 6:30:11 PM
Remembering Reda Ibrahim Farag (1948-2021)–tour leader, dental technician, self-taught typesetter, and co-founder-turned-archivist of a little-known organization within the third movement of the Egyptian left
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Egypt
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Society
12/30/2021 4:45:53 PM
Egypt's Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb greeted Thursday Pope Francis of the Vatican, head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I as well as all Christians around the world on the occasion of Christmas.
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World
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Region
12/30/2021 10:35:28 AM
Saudi Arabia's King Salman urged arch-rival Iran on Thursday to end its "negative behaviour" in the region, after Riyadh accused Tehran of aiding Yemeni rebels in launching deadly attacks on his country.
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World
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Africa
12/29/2021 9:38:28 PM
A musical memorial to South Africa's revered anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu had a rabbi and a monk dancing in their seats on Wednesday as Cape Town said farewell to its first black Anglican Archbishop.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/29/2021 7:02:59 PM
Last Thursday was a truly exceptional day in the village of Gourna, Luxor. The Egyptian minister of culture, the National Organization for Urban Harmony (NOUH), and UNESCO celebrated the first phase restoration and architectural revival of New Gourna, which started in 2018.
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Antiquities
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Museums
12/29/2021 5:45:44 PM
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has selected the Artefacts of the Month to be put on display at different museums.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/27/2021 2:52:02 PM
Egypt mourned the death of South African archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu, the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.
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World
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Africa
12/26/2021 11:45:56 AM
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died Sunday at the age of 90, was the moral compass of his beloved "Rainbow Nation", never afraid to speak truth to power, whatever its creed or colour.
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World
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Region
12/22/2021 4:46:23 PM
The archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican archbishop in Jerusalem warned of a concerted attempt by fringe, radical groups to drive Christians away from the Holy Land, which takes place against the "historic tragedy" of the Christian population's century-long decline.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/20/2021 6:24:53 PM
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has received a collection of 23 artefacts, including large stone reliefs, transported from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and Saqqara and Ismailia archaeological sites.
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World
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International
12/19/2021 3:04:36 PM
Azerbaijan said Sunday it had freed 10 more Armenian soldiers captured last month during fighting between the Caucasus arch foes.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/16/2021 1:40:25 PM
The Giza Pyramid archaeological site has installed and begun operating the electronic ticketing gates at its entrance as part of the second phase of its e-ticketing system.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
12/16/2021 1:28:16 PM
Ambassador of Belarus in Egypt Sergei L. Terentiev and the Ambassador of the Vatican in Egypt, Archbishop Nicolas Tefenn, inaugurated an exhibition featuring the ceramics of Garagos Village at the hall of the Heart of Jesus Church that is located in Downtown Cairo on 13 December.
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World
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Region
12/15/2021 9:22:16 PM
Turkey on Wednesday named a former ambassador as a special envoy to work on the normalization of ties with arch-foe Armenia.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/15/2021 7:34:39 PM
A German-Egyptian mission at Al-Sheikh Hamad archaeological site in Tel Atribis in Sohag has unearthed a collection of 13,000 ostraca (clay vessel fragments) which bear engraved text in demotic, hieratic, Coptic, Greek and Arabic, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism said on Wednesday.
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