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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
2/28/2025 3:56:35 PM
The Egyptian-French archaeological mission of the Egyptian-French Centre for the Study of Karnak Temples (CFEETK) has uncovered a collection of jewellery from the early 26th Dynasty during excavation work in the northwestern sector of the Karnak Temples.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
4/26/2024 4:47:38 PM
An Egyptian archaeological mission unearthed the remains of a fortified mud-brick royal rest house at Tel Hebwa (Tharu) site in North Sinai early this week during archaeological excavations, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced Thursday.
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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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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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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
11/14/2023 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
7/17/2023 12:57:47 PM
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is hosting a temporary exhibition that sheds light on the archaeological excavations of the ancient city of Pi-Ramesses, which served as the capital during the reign of King Ramses II, in the eastern Nile Delta.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
5/16/2023 10:04:29 PM
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/25/2023 6:31:00 PM
Excavation work carried out by an American mission from New York University at the temple of Ramses II in Abydos has stumbled upon a menagerie of mummified animals that provides previously undocumented evidence of cultic worship through the ages.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/6/2023 12:42:39 PM
An Egyptian archaeological mission from Ain Shams University uncovered a smiling sphinx of a Roman emperor and remains of a shrine during excavation work carried out today at the eastern side of Dendara Temple in Qena, where Horus Temple was once located.
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Antiquities
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Greco-Roman
2/24/2023 1:42:08 PM
The Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission from Barcelona University uncovered 22 tombs from the Persian, Roman and Coptic periods during excavation work carried out at the Al-Bahnasa archaeological site in the upper Egyptian governorate of Minya.
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Business
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Energy
2/12/2023 2:08:00 PM
Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Tarek El-Molla said on Sunday that four international tenders in the excavation domain were launched through "Egypt Upstream Gateway" in 2022 and three other ones will be floated this year.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/10/2023 10:57:56 PM
Egypt’s Public Prosecution has ordered the detainment of three people pending investigation for attempting to loot a 10-ton colossus depicting pharaonic era king Ramses II after they sneaked into the southern quarry area in Upper Egypt governorate of Aswan to illegally excavate for antiquities.
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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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/15/2022 6:33:28 PM
Did Howard Carter, the discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun, take objects from the tomb during its excavation 100 years ago, asks Zahi Hawass
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Business
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Economy
6/1/2022 3:14:53 PM
The Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA) has announced the result of the second round of an international tender to search for gold and minerals in the Eastern Desert in 2020, with eight areas assigned for British, Canadian and Egyptian excavation companies.
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Antiquities
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Greco-Roman
4/11/2022 5:04:36 PM
During archaeological excavations carried out at Tabet Al-Motaweh area, west of Alexandria, an Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered a Graeco-Roman pottery workshop and a storage building.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/17/2022 12:56:07 PM
Five tombs from the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate eras were recently uncovered during excavations carried out on the northeastern side of King Merenre Pyramid in Saqqara necropolis.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/2/2022 12:02:21 PM
Remains of a large administrative facility from the First Intermediate Period were uncovered during an excavation carried out by an Austrian-Egyptian mission led by Eriny Foster this week at the Upper Egyptian town of Kom Ombo that lies approximately 45 km north of Aswan on the east bank of the Nile River.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
2/8/2022 9:25:19 PM
The largest ancient Egyptian embalming cachette ever found has been unearthed at the site of Abusir, reports Nevine El-Aref
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