In a significant step towards preserving Egypt’s ancient heritage, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Germany’s Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) to rediscover and protect valuable manuscripts and papyri housed in Egypt’s archaeological museums.
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The “Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs” and “On Top of the Pyramid: Ancient Egyptian Civilization" exhibitions proved successful two months after their official inaugurations in Germany's Cologne and China's Shanghai.
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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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UNESCO and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir Square are celebrating Egypt’s intangible cultural heritage, writes Nevine El-Aref
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Dr Khaled El-Enany, Egypt's candidate for the post of UNESCO Director-General, was awarded an honorary doctorate (Docteur Honoris Causa) by Paul-Valéry University in Montpellier, France.
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The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in collaboration with the US embassy in Cairo and the American Research Centre in Egypt (ARCE) has launched a Centralized Museum Repository Project to support the implementation of the ministry’s Central Information System: Data Rescue, Training and Needs Assessment Project.
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In a remarkable archaeological discovery, the Edfu Temple in Upper Egypt has revealed, for the first time, a new section of its original hieroglyphic inscriptions and coloured scenes, shedding new light on the religious practices of ancient Egyptian priests during the Ptolemaic period.
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The century-long battle over the return of the bust of the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti from Germany to its homeland is continuing.
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The Coptic Museum in Cairo is hosting a special 30-day archaeological exhibition, 'The Saint Knight', in celebration of the Coptic New Year (1741 AM), which corresponds to 2024-2025 AD.
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Renowned Egyptologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has revived an initiative to repatriate the 3400-year-old Bust of Queen Nefertiti, launching an international petition calling for the return of the iconic bust to its homeland after decades of being on display in Berlin, Germany.
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An Egyptian archaeological mission led by archaeologist Ahmed Said El-Kharadly from the Supreme Council of Antiquities unearthed military barracks, weapon stores, and other provisions dating back to the New Kingdom era at the Tel Al-Abqain archaeological site in Beheira governorate.
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The Mohamed Ali Tawfik Museum on the Manial Al-Roda Island in Cairo is receiving a facelift.
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The second edition of the Alamein Festival aims to attract more investments and tourists to Egypt’s northern coast.
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The Egyptian embassy in the Hague has received three ancient artefacts - an Ushabti statuette, a part of a painted coffin, and a mummy's head from the Late Period - that were smuggled out of the country.
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An Integrated Management of Cultural Tourism Project is promoting Historic Cairo and Luxor as cultural tourism investment destinations, reports Nevine El-Aref
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An Egyptian archaeological mission discovered the first and biggest astronomical observatory from the 6th century BCE in the Buto Temple at Tel El-Faraeen archaeological site located in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate.
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22 additional locations have implemented the e-ticketing system, bringing the total number of e-ticketing-equipped sites and museums across the country to 100, as part of the country's ongoing digital transformation strategy in the tourism and antiquities sector.
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An Egyptian archaeological mission has made a significant discovery in Marsa Matrouh city, uncovering an ancient Roman necropolis at the Umm al-Rakham site.
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"On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt" exhibition, currently on display at the Shanghai Museum in China, has attracted 136,000 visitors within the first two weeks since its opening at 19 July.
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The digital streams in the main galleries of the Grand Egyptian Museum offer visitors an exceptional journey through time, writes Nevine El-Aref
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