CAIRO --French excavators working at an archaeological site in San el-Hagar (Tanis) in the Delta Governorate of Sharqia have unearthed hundreds of painted limestone blocks that were once used in the construction of King Osorkon II's temple.
Minister (...)
CLEOPATRA, the legendary Egyptian pharaoh and one of the most powerful, seductive and captivating characters in all of history, is coming to Philadelphia.
"Cleopatra: the Search for the Last Queen of Egypt" at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, (...)
CAIRO - Egypt has recovered an ancient artifact that was stolen more than two decades before, and later smuggled out of the country, State Minister for Antiquities Zahi Hawass said.
A specialised panel examined the piece at the Foreign Ministry in (...)
FAYOUM - The Government has agreed to launch an urgent plan for upgrading the historic site of el-Lahun near Fayoum, about 60km south of Cairo, home to Pharaonic treasures, Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass said.
He added that this archaeological (...)
CAIRO - The website of Egypt's Contemporary Memory Project at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is offering, for the first time, British documents on Egypt's contemporary history, the project's supervisor Khaled Azab said.
The documents, some of which are (...)
CAIRO - The Egyptian Museum has received an ancient relic that Switzerland's Basel Museum returned under an official demand by the Cairo Government, Minister of Sate for Antiquities' Affairs Zahi Hawass said.
The 5,000-year old relic, taken from the (...)
CAIRO - The Egyptian revolution has turned over a new chapter in the 83-year history of Torah Prison, a notorious detention complex on the outskirts of Cairo.
The heavily-guarded penitentiary, which has long been the last port of call for hardened (...)
CAIRO - Zahi Hawass, Egypt's Minister of State for Archaeological Affairs, has announced that a foreign company is going to market and sell the clothes he wore while engaged in archaeological excavations, with the proceeds going to the Children (...)
Egypt's chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass has urged the ruling military council to “urgently interfere” to stop “blatant encroachments on antiquities”.
Hawass Monday toured the Sakkara and Abu Sir antiquity sites, where encroachments targeted them. (...)
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has given archaeology professor Alla Shahin the antiquity portfolio.
Shahin, an ex-dean of the Faculty of Archaeology at Cairo University, replaces Zahi Hawass, who was Antiquities Minister during the Ahmed Shafiq (...)
CAIRO - Large amounts of artifacts have been moved from a storehouse in el-Qantra Sharq, around 120km north of Cairo to the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to safeguard them against theft, Egypt's chief archaeologist has said.
Minister of State for (...)
CAIRO - Egypt's chief archaeologist urged young Egyptians to help protect national heritage from robbers following a spate of attacks on archaeological sites.
"I have addressed Egypt's young revolutionaries via the social networking site Facebook to (...)
A ROMAN cache of demotic ostraca, small clay artifacts, has been discovered at the Graeco-Roman site of Soknopaiou Nesos (Dime es-Seba), located two kilometers north of Qarun Lake in the southern Egyptian town of Fayoum.
Minister of Culture Farouq (...)
ALEXANDRIA - The Research and Press Unit of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina will hold two comprehensive Arabic calligraphy courses for beginners and experienced persons as of January 3, a senior official said.
Khalid Azzab added that the month-long (...)
CAIRO - The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) received 200 artifacts from Al-Ahly (National) Bank Sunday and delivered them to the Egyptian Museum for restoration and documentation, the Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni, said.
Zahi Hawass, the (...)
LUXOR - An expedition of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has found 12 new sphinx statues from the reign of Nectanebo I (380-362 BC) at the Avenue of the sphinxes in Upper Egypt, Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said Monday.
These sphinx (...)
Egyptians traditionally bake kahk (cookies) for Eid el-Fitr (the Lesser Bairam), something that dates back to Pharaonic times.
The Pharaohs even put kahk in the tombs of the dead, ornamenting these biscuits with drawings of the sun, symbolic of god (...)
CAIRO-Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni has instructed that around 300 paintings be wrapped and moved from a Cairo Museum where a precious painting was stolen last month.
The Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil, where Van Goh's "Poppy Flowers" was stolen for the (...)
ALEXANDRIA--The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Centre is organising an international summer festival, titled "Nostalgia", from July 1 to August 1, with participation of seven countries including Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Sweden, Japan and (...)
EGYPT'S Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni Wednesday announced that a tunnel in the tomb of King Seti I (1314-1304 BC) has been discovered by Zahi Hawass and his team in the Valley of the Kings.
They have been searching for this tunnel for over 20 (...)
“WORLD.... Cultural... Heritage (of Ducks),” reads Duckomenta's odd tagline, but this certainly isn't your average historical exhibition.
Duckomenta is one of this year's strangest exhibitions from September until next May.
Taking Donald as their (...)
IN the heart of el-Minya in Upper Egypt, about 240km south of Cairo, Tel el-Amarna Museum will soon open.
It will be the first museum dedicated to monuments connected with Akhenaten and his wife, Nefertiti.
However, it won't contain the head of (...)
IN ancient Egypt, animals were of great importance: their elegance and beauty were admired and their force feared.
Above all, they were worshiped, as many animals were regarded as carryingdivine force. The deity Horus was often depicted as a falcon, (...)
EGYPT will open the temple of Dendara next month following a site management programme, according to antiquity officials.
The temple, 60km north of the Upper Egyptian city of Luxor, is a prime example of the type of site management programme now (...)
THE Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni received yesterday a technical and ecological report on the health of the Great Sphinx at Giza, which asserted that the giant statue and the surrounding bedrock are safe, and that the groundwater in the area in (...)