Ancient Egypt

Egypt Antiquities authority schedules debt to push restoration

The Supreme Council of Antiquities decided to schedule its debts in order to resume restoration and development projects anticipating return of tourists

Egypt Antiquities gets new chief

Mohamed Abdel Fatah is the newly appointed Secretary General of the Supreme Council Antiquities filling the post once made famous by

Engraved stelae found near Ismailia, urban settlement unearthed

A reddish sandstone stelae from the reign of the 26th Dynasty King Wah-Ib-Re has been excavated at Ismailiya

PM Sharaf cancels El-Banna's nomination for antiquities

Prime minister Sharaf cancels the nomination of the Abdel Fatah El-Banna as minister of state for antiquities

Stolen Egyptian coins and pots from Hyksos era and the Ptolemaic period recovered

Bronze coins and clay vessels stolen from the Qantara East archaeological magazines were recovered

Two new monuments uncovered at Karnak Temple

An ancient Egyptian wall that once enclosed the Petah temple has been found at the Karnak Temple complex in Luxor

Jerusalem on top of the World Heritage Committee's meeting in Paris

The UNESCO's World Heritage Committee agreed to retain the occupied City of Jerusalem on the World Heritage List in Danger

Avenue of Sphinxes back to its ancient appearance

The avenue of Sphinxes that once linked Luxor to Karnak temples is to be opened to public on October

UNESCO's alert to protect Libyan monuments

UNESCO urges the world’s nations to protect Libya’s cultural heritage through the country’s transitional period

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The Avenue of Sphinxes is to be inaugurated in October

The avenue, built in the 30th Dynasty, has been somewhat neglected, but will be open to visitors later this year

The fate of Tutankhamun's touring exhibition

Will 2012 mark the end of Tutankhamun's international tour?

Egypt Minister of Antiquities Hawas to assert rights of countries with ancient civilisations in Peru conference

The protection of ancient artefacts, whether it be copyrights or the return of those held in international museums or smuggled antiquities, is one item on Egypt's minister of antiquities list at the Peru conference

New Pharaonic artefacts discovered in North Egypt's site of San El-Hagar

A collection of painted blocks used in the construction of king Osorkon II’s temple have been unearthed in San El-Hagar in the Delta city of Sharqia

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Khufu’s second solar boat revealed

Buried for 4,500 years, King Khufu’s second solar boat, designed to ferry him to the afterlife, has been uncovered

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