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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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
7/2/2023 8:32:12 PM
From a display of Egyptian handicrafts to the permanent home of the ancient Egyptian royal mummies, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation has quite a story to tell on its second anniversary, writes Nevine El-Aref
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
6/23/2023 12:29:28 AM
The sacred archaeological site of Abydos in Upper Egypt is one of the most fascinating sites in the country- rich in its ancient ruins spanning the entire Ancient Egyptian era.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
5/30/2023 9:40:22 PM
Two ancient Egyptian human and animal embalming workshops are the latest discoveries to be made at Saqqara, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
5/23/2023 8:04:24 PM
An exhibition of archival material relating to the discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun is being held at the the British Embassy in Cairo
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
5/22/2023 3:34:21 PM
This year marks 111 years since the German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt discovered the beautiful limestone bust of the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Tel El-Amarna, Upper Egypt, and secreted it out of the country.
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