Egypt's Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa inaugurated the restored Monastery of Saint George and the Monastery of Anba Basantaous in Haggar Nekada in Qena Governorate on Saturday.
The opening ceremony was attended by Mostafa Waziri, (...)
An Ancient Egyptian Zodiac was uncovered for the first time in the Temple of Esna ceiling in Luxor governorate during restoration work carried out by an Egyptian-German expedition.
The zodiac signs were covered in dirt, soot, and other matter for (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities have unearthed a Sphinx-like statue in the temple of Dendera located Southern Egypt, it is much smaller than the well-known Giza Pyramids Sphinx, according to its statement on Monday.
The limestone statue (...)
An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Ain Shams University, headed by Mamdouh El-Damaty, former Minister of Antiquities and Professor of Archeology at the University, discovered the remains of a limestone cabin dating back to the Roman era, (...)
إنه رمز هويتنا المصرية وبدونه لن يكون هناك شىء اسمه علم المصريات
أجرى الطلاب فى جامعة أكسفورد مناظرة وقرروا فى النهاية أن مصر لها الحق فى إعادة حجر رشيد
هتلر رفض استعادة تمثال نصفى لنفرتيتى.. وآن الأوان لعودته من ألمانيا
الفرنسيون أهدوا بريطانيا ما (...)
أغنى رجل في العالم، أشاد الدكتور زاهي حواس عالم المصريات، بمعبد دندرة الذي أشاد به الملياردير الأمريكي إيلون ماسك مالك شركة تويتر.
معبد دندرة
وقال خلال مداخلة برنامجه "الحكاية" الذي يُقدمه الإعلامي عمرو أديب، عبر شاشة "mbc مصر"، إن "دندرة" أحد (...)
أعرب رجل الأعمال الأمريكي الشهير، إيلون ماسك، عن إعجابه بحضارة مصر القديمة، بعدما علق على مقطع فيديو لأحد المعالم الفرعونية.
وكتب إيلون ماسك في تعليق على مقطع الفيديو «مصر القديمة كانت متوهجة».
2000 year old staircase case inside the Ancient (...)
كشف إيلون ماسك مالك تويتر ومؤسس شركتي سبيس إكس وتسلا عن إعجابه بحضارة مصر القديمة، بعدما علق على مقطع فيديو لمعبد دندرة بالأقصر، والذى نشرته إحدي صفحات تويتر التى تحمل اسم "غريب ومريب" أو Weird and Terrifying، حيث قال " مصر القديمة كانت متوهجة، (...)
انتشر مقطع فيديو مبهر على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي يظهر عظمة وجمال معبد دندرة في محافظة قنا بمصر من الداخل ويسلط الضوء على سرداب داخلي للمعبد يعود الى ما قبل 2000 عام.
سر سؤال الملكة البريطانية الراحلة عن ترامب.. مذكرات الأمير هاري تثير الجدل
محافظ (...)
ثلاثة أعوام فقط، كانت كفيلة بمراجعة الملياردير الأمريكي إيلون ماسك لحساباته تجاه الحضارة المصرية القديمة، ومحاولة مصالحة المصريين بعد ما نشر تغريدة أثارت الجدل في 2020 حول علاقة الكائنات الفضائية بالحضارة المصرية.
قبل ساعات، علق ماسك ب«3 كلمات (...)
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities started the operation of its electronic ticket system at the Mummification and Luxor Museums of Ancient Art in Luxor, the Esna Temple in Luxor, and the Dendera Temple in Qena, as part of the ministry's plan (...)
Egypt witnessed 28% increase in demand for cultural tourism products during the winter season compared to the same period last year.
Prices for such programmes also saw an estimated increase in prices by 18% compared to the previous year as well, (...)
"Tutankhamun Opera" will be a great surprise to world audiences," says renowned Egyptologist and former minister of antiquities Zahi Hawass, "It is an attempt on my part to tell the story [of the boy King Tut] in an appealing way."
Hawass told Daily (...)
There were many deities with iconography that was prevalent in Ancient Egyptian history, however, not many were quite as prominent as the goddess of love Hathor.
Hathor was one of the most famous deities in Ancient Egypt and was known as the (...)
The surviving sites and monuments of ancient Egypt have always been a source of fascination for European and other visitors to Egypt. They are physically more impressive than the remains of most of the other cultures that once flourished in the (...)
Within the framework of Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities plans to preserve the Upper Egyptian Dendera Temple complex and develop the area around it into an open-air museum, three crypts and the rooftop of the temple in the Qena governorate have (...)
The auctioneers Christie's and Sotheby's are famous institutions where antiquities are auctioned almost every month. We see the sales of stelae, statues, ushabtis, pottery and furniture there, but little is done to stop them. We also see museums (...)
After I had left the city of São Paulo and travelled to another city for my third lecture in Brazil, I landed in Curitiba, the capital of Paraná State. About 11 million people live in this state, and as is commonly known the country of Brazil is (...)
Standing on the banks of the Nile in Upper Egypt is the grand Temple of Dendera, a fine example of the temples of the Graeco-Roman period. It is built mainly of sandstone and has survived relatively unscathed because it was buried in sand until the (...)
By Paolo Sabbatini
The other day I was reviewing a masterpiece by Walt Disney: "Fantasia", an animated film from the 1940s.
It is a tribute to my father, who saw the film when he was twenty, in a small town cinema, and defended this sublime work (...)
التقطت ناتالى عثمان، وزوجها المصور الفنان مراد عثمان، من أهم المدونين المؤثرين فى وسائل التواصل الاجتماعى الروسية، وأصحاب حملة" Follow Me TO" واسعة الانتشار، فيديوهات وصور مبهرة من معبد الكرنك ودندرة، الفيديوهات التى حصدت آلاف المشاهدات بعد أربعة (...)
An exhibition entitled “10 Years of Dominican Archaeology in Egypt: Excavations at Taposiris Magna” has been inaugurated in the foyer of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. The exhibition celebrates a decade of excavation by the Dominican Republic (...)
Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Sunday 17 December
Film
12pm, 2.30pm, 7.30pm, 10pm
CAIRO
Screening of Loving Vincent
Zawya, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St. Off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo
Film
4pm
CAIRO
Short (...)
The American University in Cairo American University in Cairo, Downtown Campus, 24 Falaki St, Downtown Cairo, Tel 012 8872 1446 Oriental Hall Thurs 14, 6-8pm: “The Future of Europe”, a public lecture features
John Casson, ambassador of the United (...)
The Ministry of Antiquities submitted Wednesday a preliminary report to the World Heritage Committee (WHC) to register Pharaoh's Island near in Taba in Sinai on the UNESCO's World Heritage List. A final report is scheduled to be submitted in (...)