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Ancient limestone tablet disappears from tomb in Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:21:54 +0000

Authorities investigating 'disappearance' of item from Khenti Ka's tomb, a month after priceless golden bracelet was sold and melted down after being stolen from Cairo museum

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Egypt unveils new discoveries near Luxor, including 3,600-year-old burial shafts

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:07:16 +0000

Archaeologists find sealed coffin, archery bows in Queen Hatshepsut’s Valley Temple, dating back to 16th century BCE, coins from 3rd century CE with image of Alexander the Great

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Joint US-Egypt archaeology team unearths 4,000-year-old tomb in Luxor

Sat, 02 Nov 2024 18:12:29 +0000

11 coffins for men, women and children found inside necropolis, suggesting it was a family tomb

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Archaeologists in Egypt unearth Sphinx-like Roman-era statue from 2,000 years ago

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 19:10:46 +0000

Researchers also find Roman-era stone slab with demotic and hieroglyphic inscriptions; shrine includes a two-layer platform and mud-brick basin from Byzantine era

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Egypt arrests former lawmaker for allegedly smuggling antiquities

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:12:52 +0000

Flamboyant ex-MP Alaa Hassanein suspected of leading group that stole tablets, statues, Classical-era coins, black basalt plates; allegations carry life sentence

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Egyptian archaeologists unveil ancient tombs, 2,500-year-old artifacts

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:46:38 +0000

Find includes 20 limestone sarcophagi etched with hieroglyphs, hundreds of amulets and 10,000 blue funerary statues dating to 664-399 BCE

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Egypt asks Interpol to help retrieve King Tut statue

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:00:30 +0000

Egypt's National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation will sue Christie's, says auction house didn't prove ownership of sculpture it sold for $5.9 million

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Tutankhamun sculpture’s London auction sparks Egyptian outcry

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 05:01:52 +0000

Ownership of art piece can apparently only be traced back to 1970s; Cairo wants representation of pharaoh's head returned to its country of origin

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Egypt unveils tomb still bursting with color after 4,300 years

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 03:14:57 +0000

Necropolis filled with ornate paintings discovered south of Cairo thought to have belonged to a Fifth Dynasty nobleman

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Egypt discovers 40 mummies in ancient chambers in Minya

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 14:55:48 +0000

Officials say chambers belonged to middle-class family who probably lived during Ptolemaic, early Roman or Byzantine period

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Archaeologists discover ancient sphinx in Egypt

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 16:39:30 +0000

Sandstone figurine found in Temple of Kom Ombo during work to protect the site from groundwater; said to date to Ptolemaic times

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4,400-year-old tomb discovered outside Cairo

Sat, 03 Feb 2018 12:56:13 +0000

Antiquities Ministry believes burial site found near pyramids belonged to a high-ranking official known as Hetpet during 5th Dynasty

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27 fragmented statues of lion goddess found in southern Egypt

Sun, 03 Dec 2017 20:44:27 +0000

Supreme Council of Antiquities says Sekhmet busts unearthed are six and a half feet tall and carved in black granite

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Archaeologists find well-preserved mummy in Egypt

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:58:13 +0000

Antiquities ministry says mummified body from Greco-Roman period discovered south of Cairo

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Egypt archaeologists uncover Roman era tombs

Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:31:13 +0000

Three mausoleums 'of different shapes and sizes' discovered in excavation of ancient burial ground

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