Tag: Zahi Hawass
Egyptian President orders tourist attractions’ upgrades to “reflect history and civilization of Egypt”
Chief Assignment Editor- May 30, 2019 00:36Egypt's President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi ordered upgrading tourist attractions nationwide, in a way that reflects the history and civilization of the country. This happened during the Sisi’s meeting with Prime ... Read More
Zahi Hawass promotes torism to Egypt in US
editor- June 10, 2011 05:54Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Minister of State for Antiquities, went to the United States to give a series of public lectures and to hold several press conferences in five different ... Read More
Egypt’s First Revolution Museum to come up on Zamalek Island
editor- December 23, 2009 03:04Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni approved the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ (SCA) request to build a museum to commemorate the Egyptian revolution of July 1953. Read More
Discoveries at Naqlun
editor- December 14, 2009 06:08A mission from the Polish Center of the Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University unearthed a decorated clay vessel from a room in the Deir Malak Gubrail monastery in Naqlun, a ... Read More
Do mummies sweat?
editor- August 12, 2009 08:45Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni has said the tomb of Haremhab, in the Valley of the King’s on Luxor’s West Bank, has been reopened following the installation of the state-of-the-art ... Read More
Archaeological cachette found in Egypt
editor- July 24, 2009 01:17A new archaeological cachette was found early this week in the western area of the Egyptian museum. Read More
Necropolis in Luxor yields 18th Dynasty tomb, mummies and figurines
editor- June 19, 2009 09:36An Egyptian archaeological mission led by Dr. Read More
Egyptian museum opens exhibit on eve of Obama’s arrival
editor- June 5, 2009 04:02In Cairo, a day before President Obama arrives to deliver his most important speech to the entire Arab World, the Egyptian museum opens a grand exhibition. Read More
Necropolis found in Faiyum village
editor- April 24, 2009 10:32An ancient necropolis consisting of 53 rock-cut tombs dating back to the Middle (ca. 2061-1786 BC) and New (ca. 1569-1081 BC) Kingdoms and the 22nd Dynasty (ca. Read More
Valley of the Kings’ never-ending digs and surprises
editor- March 30, 2009 10:41In November, 2007, a new chapter in the history of the Valley of the Kings began when the first all-Egyptian team ever to work at the site began excavations under ... Read More
New digs in Dahshur
editor- February 27, 2009 10:10Four anthropoid wooden coffins, three wooden canopic jars, and four washabti boxes have been unearthed inside an unidentified burial shaft located in the northern area of the Ramesside tomb of ... Read More
Nobleman mummy found inside limestone sarcophagus
editor- February 13, 2009 04:05Another important discovery was made Wednesday after Egypt's top archeologist unearthed a shaft tomb that held the remains of 30 ancient dwellers. Read More
Oldest mummies unearthed in Egypt
editor- February 10, 2009 06:11Archaeologists with Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) have discovered a shaft tomb containing the remains of some thirty individuals at Saqqara. Read More
Lebanese antiquities smuggler nabbed in Egypt
editor- January 20, 2009 11:45Egypt's Interpol apprehended antiquities trader Ali Aboutaam last week, said Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni. Aboutaam was accused of smuggling Egyptian antiquities out of the country. Read More
Giza Plateau facelift
editor- August 14, 2008 05:30On August 11, the Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni inaugurated the first phase of the site management project for the Giza Plateau which includes the installation of electronic entrance gates, ... Read More
Chicago university discovers ancient Egyptian building at Edfu in Thebes
editor- June 20, 2008 09:27An American archaeological mission from the University of Chicago has unearthed an administrative building and silos dating back to Dynasty 17 (c. 1665-1569 BC), as well as an older columned ... Read More
American archaeologists stumble upon Neolithic and Graeco-Roman finds in Fayoum, Egypt
editor- February 12, 2008 10:10(eTN) - An American archaeological mission from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) unearthed an almost intact Neolithic settlement and the remnants of a Graeco-Roman village in Faiyum, while ... Read More
Ancient cat relic returns to Egypt
editor- January 23, 2008 11:09(eTN) - The University Museum at Southern Illinois University in the United States handed over a Ptolemaic bronze cat reliquary to the Egyptian embassy in New York earlier this week. Read More