Antiquities
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Museums
12/1/2024 8:45:13 PM
Meta recently launched, in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, a new feature on Instagram that provides visitors to the Egyptian museum with complete information about a monument's history as soon as they scan it.
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Egypt
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Society
11/19/2024 11:28:02 PM
A small fire that broke out near the Mut Temple in Luxor, south of the Karnak temple complex, was contained on Tuesday evening, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
7/25/2024 1:50:00 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly takes a tour of the ancient monuments in the Alexandria district of Kom Al-Dikka, starting with its Roman Theatre.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
7/23/2024 8:11:02 PM
Zahi Hawass describes the history of the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza, the grandest monuments of the ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
4/18/2024 11:06:30 PM
Under the theme "Disaster and Conflict Resilient Heritage - Preparedness, Response, and Recovery," countries worldwide commemorate the International Day for Monuments and Sites (IDMS), commonly known as World Heritage Day.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
4/16/2024 7:56:49 PM
This year’s World Heritage Day is being celebrated under the theme of Disaster and Conflict Resilient Heritage – Preparedness, Response and Recovery, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Antiquities
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Museums
12/19/2023 4:03:10 PM
A scientific seminar and a temporary exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art celebrate the 142nd anniversary of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
6/13/2023 9:17:58 PM
Africa has always been at the forefront of actions to promote culture and cultural heritage, as the international campaign to save the Nubian Monuments in the 1960s showed, writes Gihane Zaki
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Egypt
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Tourism
3/16/2023 5:49:01 PM
Belgium's Queen Mathilde and Crown Princess Elisabeth, duchess of Brabant, visited archaeological sites in Egypt’s Luxor governorate on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
3/3/2023 7:28:00 PM
A new heritage trail exploring 12 Islamic monuments in the Al-Darb Al-Ahmar district of Historic Cairo has been inaugurated.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
2/7/2023 10:34:38 PM
Three Islamic monuments in Historic Cairo were reopened this week after restoration, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
12/19/2022 4:50:37 PM
Many of Ukraine’s monuments and archeological sites have come under Russian gunfire, endangering the country’s cultural heritage as well as a collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts.
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World
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International
9/13/2022 2:31:50 PM
Paris will start switching off the ornamental lights that grace city monuments hours earlier than usual, plunging the Eiffel Tower and other landmarks in the dark to cope with surging electricity costs, officials said Tuesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
3/31/2022 3:25:00 PM
The Egyptologists who rediscovered the monuments of ancient Egypt often saw what they had discovered as being completely disconnected from modern Egypt, writes Tarek Osman
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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/12/2021 2:51:00 PM
The concept of demolishing cemeteries affects much more than the tangible heritage or historical monuments involved
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/25/2021 12:30:00 PM
Luxor will be in a festive mood tonight as the city hosts a celebration intended to promote it as the world’s greatest open-air museum.
The ceremony will put in the limelight Luxor’s enchanting Theban monuments, the mesmerising Nile, vibrant traditional market, and a host of other attractions.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/23/2021 10:26:34 PM
Proper site management could go a long way towards solving the problems of conservation, restoration, and tourism at Egypt’s archaeological monuments,
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Antiquities
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8/21/2021 9:10:01 PM
During his tour, the minister met with the area's inhabitants and shop owners and talked about the government’s new development project to preserve and revive historic Cairo to its original glory
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/9/2021 12:46:00 PM
The renowned Egyptologist continues his tour of Pharaonic monuments, this time at Abydos and Denderah in Upper Egypt
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World
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International
8/5/2021 10:15:19 PM
The causes of the Greek wildfires were unclear, but authorities say human error and carelessness are most frequently to blame
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