CAIRO: Two beautifully colored tombs believed to be around 4,300-years-old were unearthed by a team of archaeologists in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, just south of Cairo, the country’s archaeological body reported on Wednesday. Both tombs, found west of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in the Giza area, are carved into rocks and date from [...]

CAIRO: After the discovery of 53 tombs in an excavation area of Lahon near the archeological sites in Fayoum some 50 miles south of Cairo, last year, Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, announced on Sunday that the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and a team of Egyptian archaeologists headed by Abdel Rahman El-Aydi unearthed a [...]

CAIRO: The tension between the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities and Germany continued last week after the German State Secretary for Cultural Affairs Bernd Neumann confirmed Germany’s refusal to respond to Egypt’s demands for the restoration of the bust of the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. Egypt had been demanding the return of the statue as [...]

CAIRO: Egypt unearthed a colossal granite Statue of the ancient Egyptian god Thoth, the deity of wisdom, the country’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Wednesday. The discovery was led by an Egyptian Mission headed by Zahi Hawass, SCA’s Secretary General at the northwestern side of the temple of Amenhotep III in Luxor. This area [...]

CAIRO: American pop singer Mariah Carey performed at the Cairo pyramids and little from the Islamic community was said about the concert. Her performance comes only weeks after British pop star Elton John was banned from Egypt because of his sexuality. Other pop stars have had a much less welcoming time in the country, with [...]

CAIRO: The future won’t wait for anyone. We all know what happens to people who lag behind. This is why TMA for development training and consulting saw fit to start an annual Conference for Green and Sustainable Tourism. They had the vision that with Egypt’s main source of income being tourism (944 million a year, [...]

CAIRO: Egypt’s top archaeologist Zahi Hawass is feeling good today, after the German museum housing a famous seated statue of Hemiunu has agreed to lend Egypt the statue for the 2013 opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, near the pyramids. It continues Hawass’ push to have all Egyptian artifacts taken from the country [...]

CAIRO: A large red granite false door belonging to the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut’s vizier User and his wife Toy has been unearthed in front of Karnak Temple in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, the ministry of culture announced on Monday. Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced the find, adding that this discovery was [...]