The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb 100 years ago stirred worldwide curiosity, with Tutmania later taking the world by storm.
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The ancient Egyptians laid the foundations for sustainable development by protecting the environment, growing sustainable food, and preserving renewable and non-renewable natural wealth, said Zahi Hawass, former minister of antiquities and a well-known Egyptologist, in an interview with Al-Ahram Weekly.
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An Egyptian archaeological mission has unearthed a new part of the Quweisna necropolis in Menoufiya governorate that is replete in mummies with golden tongues.
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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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The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir marks the 120th anniversary of its inauguration with a 30-day exhibition of its basement collection at the foyer of the museum.
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Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a number of local and international partners to promote the use of small solar energy plants at archaeological sites and museums.
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Visits to the tomb of the golden boy king, the reopening of Howard Carter’s house, and an operatic performance at the Luxor Temple commemorated the centennial of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in Luxor last week.
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The newly re-restored Carter House on the West Bank in Luxor reopened on Friday to mark the centenary of the greatest archaeological find ever made: the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb by British Egyptologist Howard Carter (1874–1939) and his team on this day in 1922.
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The Dominican-Egyptian expedition led by Kathleen Martinez unearthed a monumental tunnel-aqueduct system and various royal busts and statues, potentially dating to the Graeco-Roman period, near the Ptolemaic-period Taposiris Magna temple in Borg El-Arab, west of the city of Alexandria on the Mediterranean.
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National Geographic has included Egypt on its list of 25 best tourist destinations for 2023.
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Nevine El-Aref reports on efforts to make tourism in the South Sinai resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh more eco-friendly
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To promote Egypt as a diverse tourist destination and enable COP27’s participants and guests to explore Sharm El-Sheikh’s diverse tourist attractions, the Sharm El-Sheikh Museum Will extend its visiting hours.
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Visitors to Luxor’s Karnak Temples were able to view a partial solar eclipse on Tuesday starting at noon.
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The Nuweiba port’s archaeological unit on Saturday successfully foiled an attempt to smuggle a 15 centimetre tall bronze statue of Greek deity Aphrodite and a collection of 1,752 coins and weights.
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Around 4,000 foreign tourists, Arab and Egyptian visitors gathered on Saturday at sundown at the King Ramses II temple in Abu Simbel in Aswan to watch the sun alignment, an astronomical phenomenon that takes place biannualy – on the 22nd of October and 22nd of February.
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Renowned Egyptologist and former minister of antiquities Zahi Hawass published on Wednesday on his website and Instagram account an international petition on Change.org calling for the return of the two iconic ancient Egyptian artefacts the Rosetta Stone, from the British Museum in London, and the Dendera Zodiac, from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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To enhance visitors’ experience during their tour in museums and archaeological sites all over Egypt, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has provided solar energy-operated carts for on-site transportation in Luxor’s archaeological sites.
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The famous Italian fashion house Stefano Ricci celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Hatshepsut Temple in Luxor this week
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Did Arab scholars contribute to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics years before Frenchman Jean-François Champollion
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To promote Egypt’s tourist destinations and products, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has launched a promotional campaign during the matches of the English Premier League.
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