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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/4/2021 7:20:32 PM
Behind every piece of art exhibited at the ceremony marking the opening of the Avenue of Sphinxes, there were scientific studies, artistic skills, and many stories to tell.
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Antiquities
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Islamic
12/4/2021 3:53:21 PM
Rosetta’s Citadel of Qaitbay, commonly known as Fort Julien, is safe and open to visitors in the Egyptian city of Rashid after its vicinity was flooded by rainwater, a senior antiquities official said Saturday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
12/1/2021 10:53:00 AM
While tourism has been picking up in Luxor in the wake of promotional events such as the inauguration of the Avenue of the Sphinxes, it remains to be seen how it will stand up to the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/30/2021 11:19:45 PM
The Avenue of the Sphinxes in Luxor ceremony that left the world mesmerised last week took more than seven months of work by hundreds of unsung heroes,
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/24/2021 4:06:47 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launched on Wednesday the e-ticketing systems for Karnak and Luxor temples.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/21/2021 12:38:00 PM
Plans are afoot for Luxor to bathe in the international spotlight, and hopefully attract large numbers of tourists, as the city prepares to recreate an ancient festival with a modern twist.
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Antiquities
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Museums
11/18/2021 1:33:51 PM
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launched a new website for the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, Cairo, marking the museum's 119th anniversary.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/10/2021 9:52:14 PM
The archaeological unit at Safaga maritime port foiled an attempt earlier this week to smuggle 16 ancient Egyptian artefacts, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/9/2021 10:35:00 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled El-Enany inaugurated “Exalted Spirits: The Veneration of the Dead in Egypt through the Ages” exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Tuesday.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/6/2021 10:43:55 PM
The Egyptian-German mission has uncovered a collection of decorated blocks and fragments from the King Nactanebo I temple at the Matariya archaeological site in Heliopolis.
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Antiquities
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Islamic
11/6/2021 1:15:35 PM
Authorities at Cairo International Airport seized a collection of manuscripts from different ages, an Ottoman coining die and two papyri from a passenger.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/30/2021 10:30:24 PM
An archaeological mission from Cairo University uncovered the tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, head of the treasury during the reign of King Ramses II, during excavation work at the Saqqara necropolis, a statement by the Egyptian Tourism Ministry said on Saturday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
10/28/2021 12:46:00 PM
A breathtaking exhibition of Egyptian and international contemporary art awaits visitors to the Giza Plateau and the Pyramids.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/27/2021 5:16:58 PM
The Giza pyramids archaeological site is now allowing entry using electronic tickets, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced.
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Egypt
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Tourism
10/27/2021 5:05:11 PM
EgyptAir operated on Wednesday morning its first domestic flight from Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport heading to Luxor International Airport after a six-year hiatus that began in December 2015, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced in a statement.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/24/2021 2:56:15 PM
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said that a project to develop Amada and Al-Soboua archaeological sites in Nubia is about to complete.
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Egypt
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Tourism
10/22/2021 5:52:00 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled El-Enany and more than 30 Arab and foreign ambassadors as well as influencers observed on Friday morning the biannual solar alignment at Ramses II Temple in Abu Simbel.
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Antiquities
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Greco-Roman
10/17/2021 6:41:47 PM
A collection of amphoras and lamps from the Byzantine era have been uncovered over the past month under the Tawfiq Andraos palace.
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Egypt
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Tourism
10/17/2021 5:22:16 PM
The second phase of the development of the visitors’ services at the Beni Hassan archaeological site in Minya has been completed in collaboration between the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, and the Built Environment Collective (Mogawra).
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Antiquities
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Museums
10/14/2021 2:36:54 PM
The artefacts of The Kings of the Sun exhibition arrived in Egypt on Thursday and is now at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, a year after being on display in the Czech capital Prague.
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