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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/21/2023 7:55:06 PM
The capital city of New South Wales is falling under the spell of the ancient Egyptians with the visit of the Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/14/2023 10:29:50 PM
Excavation work carried out at the Saite-Persian Cemetery in Abusir is revealing more about ancient Egyptian society during the 26th and 27th dynasties
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Antiquities
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Museums
11/2/2023 7:11:36 PM
Imhotep Museum was built in commemoration of the ancient Egyptian architect Imhotep and the renowned French Egyptologist Jean-Philippe Lauer who spent his life excavating in Saqqara.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
10/31/2023 5:33:57 PM
The blockbuster Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition is bringing a slice of ancient Egyptian history to Australia’s shores on the fourth stop of its world tour in Sydney, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/15/2023 6:50:31 PM
A significant archaeological find disclosed today at Al-Ghoreifa site in Minya’s Tuna Al-Gabal, in Upper Egypt, revealed for the first time the New Kingdom cemetery of the 15th ancient Egyptian nome, said Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/1/2023 1:17:31 PM
An Egyptian-German-Austrian archaeological mission working in the tomb of Meret-Neith -- a possible woman of significance of the 1st dynasty -- in Um Al-Qaab archaeological site in Abydos in Sohag Governorate has made discoveries that shed further light on this mysterious figure in ancient Egyptian history, including finding 5000-year-old wine jars.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
9/30/2023 9:36:00 AM
The newly discovered storerooms inside the Old Kingdom Pyramid of Sahure in Abusir shed light on the distinguished architecture of this ancient Egyptian edifice.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/26/2023 3:42:03 PM
A joint Egyptian-German mission has made an unprecedented discovery of eight previously undocumented storage chambers – or magazines – within Sahure’s Pyramid in the Abusir Necropolis south of Giza.
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Antiquities
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Museums
9/7/2023 8:31:28 PM
In celebration of International Literacy Day 2023, Kafr El-Sheikh Museum will host an exhibition on the origins of ancient Egyptian writing and its progression across the country's many dynasties.
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Egypt
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Society
8/29/2023 9:10:41 PM
The Egyptian initiative dubbed Etkallem Arabi (Speak Arabic) will host a camp for Egyptian children who live abroad and are currently on vacation, teaching them the history of ancient Egyptian civilization.
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Heritage
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Walks
8/28/2023 11:40:30 AM
In the third and final part of the Exploring the Red Land series, Ahram Online visits Wadi Skeit, one of the oldest gateways of Ancient Egyptian Civilization and home to emerald mines and ancient Roman settlements.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/22/2023 7:29:10 PM
Zahi Hawass describes the funerary beliefs of the ancient Egyptians and their relationship to the Earth’s natural cycles
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Antiquities
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Museums
8/18/2023 6:24:33 PM
A 30-day exhibition on agriculture - with fruits grown and tools used in cultivation - in ancient Egypt is on at the Luxor Museum to celebrate Inundation Day.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/15/2023 9:40:06 PM
The sanctification of animals in ancient Egypt has often been misunderstood, with ancient Greek visitors to Egypt being largely responsible, writes Hussein Bassir
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/8/2023 10:15:00 PM
The 13th International Congress of Egyptologists opened in the Netherlands on Sunday to discuss the future of ancient Egypt.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
8/7/2023 10:27:00 AM
Thousands of years before cookbooks were written elsewhere in the world, the ancient Egyptians were documenting recipes on the walls of tombs, like the one found in the tomb of Rekhmi Ra, a minister, that depicted the stages of preparing tiger nut cake.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/4/2023 6:43:00 PM
Despite recent claims to the contrary, there is little evidence that the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti is buried behind the walls of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
7/25/2023 8:38:18 PM
According to modern Egyptologists, women in ancient Egypt had many rights and privileges, writes Mai Samih
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
7/11/2023 6:38:40 PM
Germany repatriated 40 Ancient Egyptian statuettes to Egypt on Monday after they had been stolen and illegally smuggled out of the country, in the first step to returning them home.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
7/4/2023 3:12:58 PM
More than 30 years after its theft, Switzerland handed back to Egypt on Monday a fragment of a 3,400-year-old statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II.
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