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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/2/2024 8:05:52 PM
A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission from Sohag and Berlin Universities has discovered the burial chamber of a woman named Edi, daughter of Jifai-Hapi who was governor of Assuit in Upper Egypt during the reign of King Senusret I of the 12th dynasty (1991–1778 BC).
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
9/30/2024 7:52:00 PM
Description of some of the major pyramids surviving from the ancient Egyptian Fifth Dynasty and the principles of their construction
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Sports
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World
6/18/2024 4:14:46 PM
The youngest player to score three goals for Brazil’s national team was Pelé. Now another player, also 17 but a few days older than one of greatest of all time, did the same wearing the iconic yellow shirt.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/3/2024 8:10:25 PM
A 26-dynasty sarcophagus uncovered at a university hospital construction site in the Delta town of Banha is on its way to being restored at the Qalyoubiya archaeological site after undergoing rescue excavation, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced on Sunday.
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Sports
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World
2/23/2024 5:24:32 PM
Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders says it is impossible to replace Jurgen Klopp and that the club must find someone who can develop their own dynasty.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
2/13/2024 9:38:37 PM
Zahi Hawass reviews ancient Egyptian sites dating from the Old to the Middle Kingdom in the first of two articles.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
2/11/2024 5:35:22 PM
After more than two decades of restoration, the tomb of Neferhotep, the great 18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BC) scribe of Amun, was officially opened on Sunday.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/4/2024 6:17:51 PM
The joint archaeological mission from Waseda University, in collaboration with the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has unveiled a rock-cut tomb and a myriad of artefacts spanning different historical periods during its current excavation season in Saqqara Necropolis.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/28/2023 8:14:19 PM
Zahi Hawass describes the life and background of Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s last and most famous Ptolemaic queen
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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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World
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Africa
9/4/2023 5:24:11 PM
General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon's 55-year-old ruling dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising "free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe.
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World
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Africa
8/31/2023 10:25:50 PM
The general who overthrew Gabon's 55-year Bongo dynasty will be sworn in on Monday as transitional president, the army said, as the opposition called for its candidate to be recognised as the winner of weekend elections.
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World
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Africa
8/26/2023 3:21:00 PM
Gabon’s president is seeking a third term in elections this weekend that could extend his family's 55-year political dynasty. The capital of Libreville, meanwhile, is bracing for a repeat of the violence that has marred balloting in the past.
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Books
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Reviews
3/20/2023 3:00:15 PM
In his second novel, Demiana’s Testament Dr. Osama El-Shazli’s tackles another historical period between 1146 and 1161 AD during the late phase of the Shiite Fatimid Dynasty’s rule of Egypt.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
2/10/2023 3:23:46 PM
The tombs of Djehuty and Hery, two high officials of the 18th Dynasty, were officially opened to the public two decades after their discovery.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/26/2023 3:33:40 PM
An Egyptian archaeological mission unearthed a group of rich fifth and sixth dynasty tombs from the Old Kingdom in the Saqqara necropolis. Signs indicate the site, Gisr Al-Mudir, comprised a large ancient Egyptian cemetery.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/13/2022 2:26:42 PM
Egypt returned 176 stolen coin artefacts that were recovered in the country to Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and China on Monday during a ceremony held at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/13/2022 12:17:00 PM
A British mission from Cambridge University working at Tell El-Amarna necropolis in Minya governorate in Upper Egypt discovered a small collection of gold and steatite (soapstone) jewellery in an 18th Dynasty (1550 to 1292 BC) cemetery.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/17/2022 3:37:17 PM
Remains of the colonnades hall of Butu Temple were uncovered during excavations carried out by an Egyptian archaeological mission at Tel Al-Farayeen, Kafr El-Sheikh in the northern Nile Delta.
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World
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International
10/19/2022 4:56:53 PM
India's Congress party on Wednesday appointed an octogenarian ex-minister as its first president in 24 years not from the Gandhi dynasty, in an effort to reverse its apparent decline into political oblivion.
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