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Archaeologists uncover trove of ancient Egyptian mummies

May 30, 2022411 Views

Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities. The discovery at a cemetery in Saqqara contained statues of the gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet and Hathor along with a headless statue of the architect Imhotep, who built the Saqqara pyramid, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said on Monday. Sarcophaguses that are around 2500 years old, from the newly discovered burial site near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, are displayed during a presentation in Giza, Egypt May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany The 250 coffins, 150 bronze statues and other objects dated to the Late Period, about 500 BC, the ministry said. They were accompanied by a musical instrument known as a sistrum and a...

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Cairo’s Ramadan street feasts return after coronavirus suspension

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April 20, 2022507 Views

Communal meals in which hundreds of people pack around long tables to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan have returned to Egypt's streets after being widely suspended for the past two years due to COVID-19 restrictions. In the working-class Cairo neighbourhood of Matariya, residents sat back-to-back along two tables running down a narrow street festooned with balloons, bunting and banners as they enjoyed a meal of barbecued meat, rice and pickles. Chefs barbecue food for the residents of Ezbet Hamada district for Iftar, a meal to end their fast at sunset, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Mataria, Cairo, Egypt, April 16, 2022. Picture taken April 16, 2022. REUTERS/ Fatma Fahmy Evening street meals are organised by charities for the poor, while others, lik...

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Five more tombs discovered in Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis

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March 20, 2022408 Views

Archaeologists have discovered five ancient tombs adorned with well-preserved paintings at a cemetery in Saqqara, just outside the Egyptian capital Cairo, officials said on Saturday. The tombs belong to senior officials from the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate period, dating to more than four thousand years ago, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said. Egyptian archaeologist speaks inside the tomb of a woman named Petty who was responsible for the King's beautification and the priest of Hathor. REUTERS/Hanaa Habib Reporters prepare to enter a recently discovered tomb at the Saqqara area, in Giza, Egypt, March 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hanaa Habib Located near the pyramid of King Merenre I, they also contained large stone coffins, wooden coffins and other artefacts including ...

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Egypt forges new plan to restore Cairo’s historic heart

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September 29, 2021998 Views

Egypt is pushing ahead with a new project to restore historic Cairo, a sprawling but now rapidly crumbling thousand-year-old world heritage site home to many a tale in the Thousand and One Arabian Nights. The plan aims to revitalise and promote Cairo as a tourist attraction while the government prepares to move to a futuristic new capital in the desert. It gives fresh impetus to efforts by professional architects and restorers to also save old buildings which they feared were being lost because of bureaucracy, official corruption and legal constraints. People walk next to Bab al-Futuh, a nearly 1,000-year-old gate, at the northern entrance to the historic city of Cairo that will carry restorations, in Cairo Egypt September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh Low-rise apartmen...

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Egyptologists uncover rare tombs from before the Pharaohs

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April 29, 20211484 Views

Egyptian archaeologists working on the Nile Delta have uncovered dozens of rare predynastic tombs dating to the period before Egypt’s Pharaonic kingdoms first emerged more than 5,000 years ago. They also found tombs nearby from the later Hyksos period (1650 to 1500 B.C.), when Western Asian migrants took over the country, putting an end to Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. A human skeleton from a tomb is pictured at the Nile Delta, in this image released on April 27, 2021 by an archaeological mission operating in the archaeological area of Dakahlia Governorate via Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities, in Mansoura, Cairo. The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities/Handout via REUTERS The findings in the Dakahlia province north of Cairo could shed light on two important transitional periods in ancient ...

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Egypt upgrades visitor experience at Giza pyramids site

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October 23, 2020644 Views

Egypt has unveiled new visitor facilities on the plateau outside Cairo where the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx are situated, the country’s most visited heritage site and the sole remaining wonder of the ancient world. Developers late on Tuesday night opened a new restaurant, “9 Pyramids Lounge”, which covers an area of 1,341 square meters and overlooks the Giza pyramids. There will also be a fleet of new environmentally friendly buses to guide tourists around the plateau. Overlooking the pyramids “9 Pyramids Lounge” is the first restaurant at the ancient site. “One of the problems always faced is that people say there are no special services for tourists, that there is no cafeteria, no restaurant, nothing that can be offered to visitors,” said Mostafa Waziri, Secreta...