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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
5/26/2025 4:54:35 PM
An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered three tombs dating back to the New Kingdom, one of ancient Egyptian history's most celebrated eras, during excavation work at the necropolis of Dra Abul-Naga on the West Bank of Luxor.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
5/22/2025 7:29:10 PM
A joint Egyptian-Canadian archaeological mission has successfully identified the owner of Kampp 23, an ancient tomb, located in the Asasif area on Luxor’s West Bank.
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World
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International
4/27/2025 4:07:39 PM
With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within days to elect a new head of the Catholic Church.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
4/18/2025 6:32:10 PM
The Egyptian archaeological mission, a collaboration between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Zahi Hawass Foundation for Archaeology and Heritage, headed by renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, uncovered the tomb of Prince Waser-If-Re.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/20/2025 1:23:57 PM
An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has discovered the tomb of a high-ranking military commander dating back to King Ramses III, along with a collection of mass and individual graves from the Greek, Roman, and Late Periods at Tell Roud Iskander in the Maskhouta area, Ismailia Governorate.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
3/18/2025 7:30:02 PM
Zahi Hawass writes on the 12th-Dynasty tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/15/2025 3:45:39 PM
Two major discoveries have been made in Sohag Governorate in a remarkable archaeological breakthrough, shedding new light on Egypt’s ancient past.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
2/18/2025 6:58:52 PM
Zahi Hawass unveils the secrets of the royal tombs of the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
2/18/2025 6:08:54 PM
A joint Egyptian-British archaeological team has uncovered the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II, the last missing royal tomb of the 18th Dynasty.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
2/2/2025 4:16:00 PM
Zahi Hawass describes some of the private tombs of the Old Kingdom, built in the expectation of continuing needs in the afterlife
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Antiquities
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Greco-Roman
12/14/2024 4:00:07 PM
A joint Egyptian-Spanish mission from Barcelona University and the Institute of the Ancient Near East has uncovered a special collection of artefacts and tombs from the Ptolemaic era in the Al-Bahnasa archaeological site in Minya.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/5/2024 7:47:34 PM
The first Middle Kingdom tomb ever found in the South Asasif Necropolis has been unearthed
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/1/2024 4:05:34 PM
The Egyptian-American archaeological mission has made a remarkable discovery in the South Asasif necropolis near Luxor, uncovering the first tomb from Egypt's Middle Kingdom era in the Asasif region and an array of artefacts and sealed burials dating back nearly 4,000 years.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
10/29/2024 8:41:19 PM
Controversy broils as parts of historic Cairo face demolition
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Egypt
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Society
10/25/2024 5:37:17 PM
The Egyptian authorities have suspended the ongoing demolition work in Imam Al-Shafi'i cemetery area, following an intervention from Minister of Culture Ahmed Hanno to stop the demolition process immediately.
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Egypt
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Defence
10/5/2024 10:10:00 PM
Marking the 51st anniversary of the 6th of October War 1973, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi laid wreaths at the Unknown Soldier Memorial in Nasr City on Saturday as well as the tombs of late presidents Anwar El-Sadat and Gamal Abdel-Nasser.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
6/24/2024 5:45:41 PM
An Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission has uncovered early this month a group of 33 previously unknown Graeco-Roman family tombs in the vicinity of the Aga Khan Mausoleum at Aswan’s west bank. The discovery sheds light on the diseases inhabitants of that era had suffered.
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World
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Region
3/31/2024 9:14:38 PM
The main Catholic Easter Sunday service at the Holy Sepulchre Church in the Christian quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem, built on what is said to be the tomb of Jesus, was not full.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/21/2024 3:39:52 PM
An Old Kingdom mastaba tomb adorned with painted decorations was uncovered during excavations by a team from the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo.
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Books
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Reviews
2/20/2024 10:55:42 PM
At its Heliopolis branch on Saturday, Diwan hosted a book signing for one of its most recent publications, Treasures from the Egyptian cemeteries: The Marvelous Things on the Tombstones (Konouz makaber Masr – Agaeib alomour fi shawahed alkobour).
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