Tag: Supreme Council of Antiquities
26th Dynasty finds in Saqqara
Two large 26th Dynasty tombs have been found in Saqqara by an Egyptian excavation mission from the Supreme Council of ... Read More
Egypt’s First Revolution Museum to come up on Zamalek Island
Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni approved the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ (SCA) request to build a museum to commemorate the ... Read More
Discoveries at Naqlun
A mission from the Polish Center of the Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University unearthed a decorated clay vessel from a ... Read More
Largest ancient garrison found in Egypt’s eastern Delta
In Egypt, an ancient fortified garrison town from the time of King Psmatik I was discovered at Tell Dafna in ... Read More
Necropolis in Luxor yields 18th Dynasty tomb, mummies and figurines
An Egyptian archaeological mission led by Dr. Read More
Egyptian museum opens exhibit on eve of Obama’s arrival
In Cairo, a day before President Obama arrives to deliver his most important speech to the entire Arab World, the ... Read More
Necropolis found in Faiyum village
An ancient necropolis consisting of 53 rock-cut tombs dating back to the Middle (ca. 2061-1786 BC) and New (ca. 1569-1081 ... Read More
Egypt aims to find Antony and Cleopatra’s remains
Archaeologists looking for the tombs of Antony and Cleopatra will start digging up three sites at a temple where tombs ... Read More
New digs in Dahshur
Four anthropoid wooden coffins, three wooden canopic jars, and four washabti boxes have been unearthed inside an unidentified burial shaft ... Read More
Nobleman mummy found inside limestone sarcophagus
Another important discovery was made Wednesday after Egypt's top archeologist unearthed a shaft tomb that held the remains of 30 ... Read More
Oldest mummies unearthed in Egypt
Archaeologists with Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) have discovered a shaft tomb containing the remains of some thirty individuals ... Read More
Egypt’s new twin digs
In Egypt, a French-Egyptian mission discovered another ancient structure in the area of Ain Sokhna, about 120 km southeast of ... Read More
Chicago university discovers ancient Egyptian building at Edfu in Thebes
An American archaeological mission from the University of Chicago has unearthed an administrative building and silos dating back to Dynasty ... Read More
Botched smuggling of ancient artifacts
CAIRO, EGYPT (ETN) - H.E. Farouk Hosni, Egypt's Minister of Culture, announced last that the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) ... Read More
Egypt celebrates new finds in Tomb of Seti
(eTN) - Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced that a quartzite washabti figure and the cartouche of King Seti I, ... Read More