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Sharm el-Sheikh Museum to be inaugurated next year at LE1.2 billion cost
Culture
August 5, 2019
Sharm el-Sheikh Museum to be inaugurated next year at LE1.2 billion cost
The head of the Projects Sector at Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry, Waad Abul-Ela announced that the Sharm el-Sheikh Museum will be…
Remains of Graeco-Roman Senate building uncovered in North Sinai
Archaeology
July 31, 2019
Remains of Graeco-Roman Senate building uncovered in North Sinai
The Egyptian archeological mission working in Tel al-Farma (ancient Pelusium) in North Sinai have uncovered part of a huge building…
Giza’s Bent Pyramid, Alkaa Pyramid open to public for first time since 1965
Archaeology
July 14, 2019
Giza’s Bent Pyramid, Alkaa Pyramid open to public for first time since 1965
Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani on Saturday inaugurated the Bent Pyramid of King Sneferu and the Alkaa Dogmatic pyramid in Giza’s…
Egypt registers former Grand Hotel des Bains as an antiquity
Culture
July 1, 2019
Egypt registers former Grand Hotel des Bains as an antiquity
The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry announced the registration of the Helwan Secondary School for Girls, formerly known as Grand Hotel des…
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry takes action to stop sale of 32 artifacts on London auction
Archaeology
June 12, 2019
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry takes action to stop sale of 32 artifacts on London auction
Egypt’s Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa al-Waziry, announced that the Ministry of Antiquities in cooperation with…
Egypt to investigate Christie’s auctioning of Tutankhamun bust
Archaeology
June 8, 2019
Egypt to investigate Christie’s auctioning of Tutankhamun bust
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said on Saturday it would address Christie’s auction house in London regarding their auctioning of a 3,000-year-old…
King Ramses II statue inaugurated in Sohag
Archaeology
April 7, 2019
King Ramses II statue inaugurated in Sohag
Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anani and 40 ambassadors have inaugurated the statue of King Ramses II on Saturday, after completion…
Antiquities Ministry to announce 3 significant archaeological discoveries
Egypt
April 1, 2019
Antiquities Ministry to announce 3 significant archaeological discoveries
Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anani announced that the ministry is in the process of announcing three important archaeological discoveries in…
Photos | Pharaonic limestone coffin uncovered in Monufiya governorate
Science
April 1, 2019
Photos | Pharaonic limestone coffin uncovered in Monufiya governorate
The Egyptian archaeological mission of the Antiquities Ministry found a limestone coffin in the shape of a human body during archaeological…
200,000 tickets sold for Paris King Tut’s exhibition: minister
Archaeology
March 25, 2019
200,000 tickets sold for Paris King Tut’s exhibition: minister
200,000 tickets have been sold for the King Tutankhamun exhibition currently held in the French capital, Paris. The exhibition will…