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All in a day’s travel: Saqqara, Abu Sir, Dahshour, Memphis
Life & Style
February 7, 2012
All in a day’s travel: Saqqara, Abu Sir, Dahshour, Memphis
There are so many beautiful places on the outskirts of Cairo that we tend to forget about. Seeing that tourism,…
Endangered species: Egypt’s Striped Hyena
Environment
December 24, 2011
Endangered species: Egypt’s Striped Hyena
The hyena “dubba” is a striped hyena that is still present in some parts of Egypt, but the population is…
Egypt renovates its oldest pyramid
Archaeology
November 2, 2011
Egypt renovates its oldest pyramid
Egypt is doing some housekeeping at its oldest pyramid - replacing stones and cleaning the Djoser Step Pyramid in an…
US Egyptologist uncovers 17 buried pyramids using new infrared technology
Archaeology
May 25, 2011
US Egyptologist uncovers 17 buried pyramids using new infrared technology
A new satellite survey in Egypt, led by American Egyptologist Sarah Parcak of the University of Alabama, Birmingham, has uncovered…
Eucalyptus trees cut down in Saqqara due to ministry negligence
Environment
May 14, 2011
Eucalyptus trees cut down in Saqqara due to ministry negligence
Throughout the historic area of Saqqara in Giza, healthy young eucalyptus trees are being cut down and trucked away to…
2 new Pharaonic tombs unearthed in Saqqara
Archaeology
July 7, 2010
2 new Pharaonic tombs unearthed in Saqqara
Two Pharaonic tombs have been found in the region of Saqqara, south of Giza, by a Egyptian archaeological team working…
Govt teams up with UN to develop Dahshour
Egypt
April 11, 2010
Govt teams up with UN to develop Dahshour
The Egyptian government and the United Nations held the first workshop in their “Mobilization of the Dahshour World Heritage Site…
Ancient queen’s pyramid discovered in Saqqara
Archaeology
March 3, 2010
Ancient queen’s pyramid discovered in Saqqara
The 4,200-year-old burial chamber of Queen Behenu has been discovered in Saqqara in Giza.French archaeologists digging in the necropolis of…
New pyramid
Egypt
December 3, 2009