Recent News Headlines : Ancient Egypt

'EXCEPTIONAL DAY': 2 ANCIENT TOMBS DISCOVERED IN EGYPTS LUXOR


ET Dec. 9, 2017 CLOSE Archaeologists in Luxor, Egypt have discovered two small ancient tombs dating back about 3,500 years... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 2614

ARTIFACTS FROM KING TUT'S TOMB SET FOR INTERNATIONAL TOUR


The museum says the exhibition represents the largest collection of artifacts and gold from Tutankhamun's tomb ever to go on public display outside of Egypt... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 0

BIG VOID DISCOVERED IN EGYPT'S GREAT PYRAMID


Scientists have discovered a large void in the Great Pyramid, or Khufu's Pyramid, on the Giza Plateau in Egypt, using radiography technology, Nature magazine reported... READ MORE

2nd November, 2017 684

CLIMATE-DISRUPTING VOLCANOES HELPED TOPPLE ANCIENT EGYPT


Both periods of turmoil, the researchers found, coincided with major volcanic eruptions... READ MORE

19th October, 2017 0

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND 4,000-YEAR-OLD OBELISK NEAR CAIRO


CAIRO -- Egypt says archaeologists have discovered the upper part of royal obelisk dating back more than 4,000 years... READ MORE

5th October, 2017 0

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND 4,000-YEAR-OLD OBELISK NEAR CAIRO


CAIRO -- Egypt says archaeologists have discovered the upper part of royal obelisk dating back more than 4,000 years... READ MORE

5th October, 2017 0

Trending News Headlines : Ancient Egypt

ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER MASSIVE STATUE IN EGYPTIAN SLUM


Egyptian workers prepare to lift parts of a statue for restoration after it was unearthed in Cairo, Egypt, on March 9, 2017... READ MORE

10th March, 2017 16673

ANCIENT PHARAOH STATUES UNCOVERED IN CAIRO MUD PIT


Archaeologists have found two pharaonic statues dating back more than 3,000 years in a muddy pit in a Cairo suburb... READ MORE

10th March, 2017 14951

EGYPT ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY OF 3,500-YEAR-OLD LUXOR TOMB


He said a shaft in the tomb contained mummies belonging to ancient Egyptian people who lived during the 21st and 22nd dynasties... READ MORE

9th September, 2017 9887

17 MUMMIES DISCOVERED IN NECROPOLIS IN MINYA, EGYPT


Its the first human necropolis to be found here in Tuna al-Gabal, Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani told reporters at the site, 135 milesA south of Cairo... READ MORE

13th May, 2017 5562

EGYPT FINDS REMAINS OF 3,700-YEAR-OLD PYRAMID


He also constructed an earlier version, the 105m-high Bent Pyramid, whose slopes change angle from 54 degrees to 43 degrees about halfway up... READ MORE

4th April, 2017 4527

ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER 17 MUMMIES IN CENTRAL EGYPT


The burial chamber was first detected last year by a team of Cairo University students using radar technology... READ MORE

13th May, 2017 4223

EGYPTIAN LAWMAKER SAYS WOMEN SHOULD PROVE THEY ARE VIRGINS TO GO TO COLLEGE


It was the latest controversial statement by Egyptian lawmaker Elhamy Agina, and sparked furor on social media... READ MORE

1st October, 2016 2638

KING TUTANKHAMUN'S TOMB: EVIDENCE GROWS FOR HIDDEN CHAMBER


Egyptian officials now say they are 90 percent sure that there is a hidden chamber in King Tutankhamun's tomb... READ MORE

28th November, 2015 2479

THE WORLD'S OLDEST COMPUTER IS STILL REVEALING ITS SECRETS


But it was true that the existence of the Antikythera Mechanism challenged all of scientists' assumptions about what the ancient Greeks were capable of... READ MORE

15th June, 2016 2469

WHERES MY MERCEDES EGYPTS FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS THE RICH


Stringent new government regulations restrict the use of Egyptian credit cards abroad and limit purchases of foreign currency... READ MORE

12th March, 2016 1654

SCANS SUGGEST QUEEN NEFERTITI MAY LIE CONCEALED IN KING TUT'S TOMB


New scans give further evidence that egypt's lost queen nefertiti may lie concealed in king tutankhamun's tomb... READ MORE

4th October, 2015 1460

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S 'RUBBISH' AMULETS TO GO ON DISPLAY FOR FIRST TIME


Objects she rated highly but didn't realised were fake to join actual ancient Egyptian artefacts at World Museum in Liverpool... READ MORE

23rd April, 2017 1046

ANALYSIS | ARCHAEOLOGISTS WENT DIGGING IN A SLUM. THEY FOUND A MASSIVE PHARAOH STATUE.


It's about 3,000 years old, 26 feet tall, and said to resemble Pharaoh Ramses II... READ MORE

11th March, 2017 1039

EGYPT SAYS 90 CHANCE OF HIDDEN ROOMS IN TUT TOMB


Experts debate whether a hidden Luxor chamber may contain the remains of Queen Nefertiti... READ MORE

29th November, 2015 860

SCIENTISTS IN ITALY REDISCOVER SNAKE THAT WAS USED BY ANCIENT GREEKS AS A WEAPON OF WAR


Snakes were introduced to places conquered and settled by the ancient Greeks for religious cults or war rituals, the scientists said... READ MORE

1st January, 2016 838

SEARCH FOR TOMB OF ANCIENT EGYPT'S BEAUTY NEFERTITI GAINS MOMENTUM


The search for ancient Egypt's Queen Nefertiti in an alleged hidden chamber in King Tut's tomb gained new momentum as Egypt's Antiquities Minister said Tue... READ MORE

30th September, 2015 642

A TOURIST ILLEGALLY CLIMBED THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA, AND FILMED IT ALL


18-year-old, Andrej Ciesielski, from Munich travelled to Egypt with the intention of climbing 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza and capturing it all on camera... READ MORE

28th January, 2016 622

KING TUT HAD A DAGGER MADE FROM METAL OF 'EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN'


(Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images) King Tutankhamun, the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, was entombed with a dagger made from metal mined from a meteorite, according to a new scientific study... READ MORE

3rd June, 2016 521

EGYPT SEES RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS AS A BLESSING FOR A STRUGGLING ECONOMY


Meanwhile, the work continues at Tuna Al-Gabal, where Egyptian officials predict much bigger discoveries remain to be found... READ MORE

14th May, 2017 520

WORLD'S OLDEST WOODEN STATUE TWICE AS OLD AS PYRAMIDS


Microbes that eat away at organic matter don't like bogs reports Atlas Obscura which makes them particularly good at preservation... READ MORE

1st September, 2015 455

BOY KING WAS MANY THINGS, BUT HANDSOME HE WAS NOT


The real King Tut revealed Tutankhamun was many things, but handsome he was not... READ MORE

12th August, 2015 400

GUARDIAN.CO.UK EGYPTIAN COURT SENTENCES 183 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS TO DEATH 1 HR AGO


He used to order all museums and tourist attractions to be closed during feasts and public holidays to protect the monuments from being vandalized by Egyptians... READ MORE

24th January, 2015 389

ARCHAEOLOGISTS BELIEVE THEY ARE A STEP CLOSER TO FINDING QUEEN NEFERTITI'S TOMB


But three millenia after he was buried in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, it has emerged that Tutankhamun may actually have had company in his underground mausoleum... READ MORE

29th November, 2015 321

EGYPTIAN MUSEUM OFFICIALS FACE TRIBUNAL FOR DAMAGING KING TUTANKHAMENS MASK


It set off a global fascination with Egyptology that became a cornerstone of Egypt's tourism industry... READ MORE

25th January, 2016 290

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CHILD MUMMIES AND THEIR SECRETS UNWRAPPED IN GERMANY


Research is being done at the St. Bernward hospital in Hildesheim, Germany, for an exhibit at the Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim... READ MORE

5th November, 2015 289

FAMOUS WRECK ISN'T DONE REVEALING ITS SECRETS


This shipwreck is far from exhausted a marine archaeologist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution says in a press release... READ MORE

28th September, 2015 263

A PORN FILM SHOT NEAR EGYPT'S PYRAMIDS HAS APPEARED ONLINE...


Egyptian tourist bosses have launched an investigation into a pornography video apparently shot near Egypt's famous Pyramids... READ MORE

9th March, 2015 223

EXPERT: KING TUT'S MASK CAN BE RESTORED AFTER EPOXY USED


A close-up of the burial mask of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun on display at the Cairo museum on Jan... READ MORE

24th January, 2015 215

MORE CHRISTIAN MARTYRS TODAY THAN IN ANCIENT TIMES


Pope More Christian martyrs today than in ancient times... READ MORE

27th May, 2017 142

EGYPT PRESIDENT SUGGESTS HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES MURDERED ITALIAN STUDENT


He emphasised that Regeni's murder was a terrifying and unacceptable incident that has never been faced by an Italian in Egypt before... READ MORE

16th March, 2016 133


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