Latest in Tag: Ancient Egypt Highlight
Latest in Tag: Ancient Egypt
Egypt celebrates 200 years of decoding ancient hieroglyphs
The Rosetta Stone is one of the main keys that helped to decipher the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and the genesis of Egyptology.
Hathor: All you need to know about the goddess of love in Ancient Egypt
Hathor was one of the most famous deities in Ancient Egypt and was known as the goddess of music, love, giving, and motherhood.
Glimpse of Ancient Egyptâs famed rulers to feature soon at Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Royal Mummies Gallery at new museum is set to receive 22 of Egyptâs most famous ancient kings
Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, British Museum partner to restore ancient mural
Sabah Abdel Razek, Director of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir indicated that the mural dates back 6000 years, and it was transferred from the tomb in 1898
Prague opens âKings of the Sunâ exhibition of Ancient Egypt
Exhibition is first and largest to feature Egyptian antiquities in Czech
Tourism and Antiquities Ministry takes viewers through Ancient Egypt’s forgotten past
Videos will shed light on unknown aspects of Egyptâs heritage and history through artefacts
Young couple tie the knot on ancient Egyptian wedding ceremony
In front of a temple built inside the village, the couple walked down the aisle like their ancient Egyptian ancestors
16 ancient Egyptian burial shafts see the light in Minya
Over 10,000 ushabti statues unearthed, some of which made of pure gold
Ministry defends using excavator to extract Ramses II statue
Archaeologists have discovered the quartzite head and bust of one of the most powerful 19th Dynasty pharaohs, Ramses II (1279-1213 BC), in a rare find inside the contemporary working class area of Matariya
Egypt allows access to three ancient tombs
According to Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty, these tombs are among the most important ones of the New Kingdom, which is the period in ancient Egyptian history from 1550 to 1070 BC. The most significant of the three is the tomb of Amenhotep, also known as Huy. He was Viceroy of Kush under the rule of the famous pharaoh Tutankhamun. The tomb contains numerous colourful and detailed wall paintings.
Exploring the Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum is overwhelming – get the scope on what to see and how to navigate this sprawling enterprise
Ancient tomb discovered in Luxor
Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh El-Damaty announced that the tomb contains the monuments of Amenhotep and his wife, who likely belong to the 18th dynasty.
Details on lost Ancient Egyptian queenâs tomb emerge
Czech archaeological team and AUC professor discover tomb of an Ancient Egyptian queen at the Abusir necropolis, southwest of Cairo
4 discoveries made this week by archaeologists
Ancient tombs, artefacts, and a tunnel have been discovered this week in Egypt
12 smuggled artefacts to return from London
Ministry of Antiquities intensifying efforts to prevent smuggling and subsequent sale of artefacts abroad
New Ptolemy II temple discovered in Beni Suef
The Ministry of Antiquities launched the excavation following reports of looting
Ancient tomb discovered in Sakkara
The cemetery in Sakkara holds many tombs that shed light on Egyptâs ancient civilisation
King Tut tomb replica opens in Luxor
The replica is intended to help with preserving the original.
Two more colossal pharaoh statues unveiled in Egypt
The discovery of the two colossal statues is considered a rare one
Metropolitan Museum exhibition celebrates Central Park Obelisk known as âCleopatraâs Needleâ
New exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York celebrates Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt meets Google Glass in Italy
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquity in Turin receives a technological upgrade
A tomb discovered in Giza
The tomb is considered one of the huge tombs, its dimensions being 21×14 metres with a height of four metres.
Triad statue of Ramses II might indicate a second temple
A statue discovered last November points out to further possibilities in Tell Basta area in Al-Sharqiyah
Recovered antiquities to be exhibited
Artefacts stolen during 25 January Revolution will be exhibited together for two weeks
Nayrooz feast: Happy Coptic New Year
The first year of the Coptic calendar remembers those who were martyred for their faith
As the saying goes
If you want to get to know a culture, take a look at their proverbs
Ancient Heliopolis under threat
Caesar Augustus sent the obelisks from Heliopolis to Alexandria, from where they were moved to Rome, Paris and New York. This was the beginning of the looting of the ancient site of Heliopolis, a process that has continued to this day.
The drama of Ancient Egyptâs 19th dynasty
Lecture explores the drama of Ancient Egyptâs New Kingdom and the convoluted schemes for the throne