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A general view shows well-preserved and rare wall paintings inside the tomb of an Old Kingdom priestess on the Giza plateau on the southern outskirts of Cairo, that was unveiled on February 3, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
February 3, 2018, 2:56 pm
4,400-year-old tomb discovered outside Cairo
Antiquities Ministry believes burial site found near pyramids belonged to a high-ranking official known as Hetpet during 5th Dynasty
By AP and AFP
Illustrative: Two statues of the Sekhmet sun goddess in the "Ägyptisches Museum" of Berlin. (Courtesy: Wikipedia Commons)
December 3, 2017, 10:44 pm
27 fragmented statues of lion goddess found in southern Egypt
Supreme Council of Antiquities says Sekhmet busts unearthed are six and a half feet tall and carved in black granite
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a mummy at the British Museum in London. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Klafubra, Wikipedia)
November 14, 2017, 7:58 pm
Archaeologists find well-preserved mummy in Egypt
Antiquities ministry says mummified body from Greco-Roman period discovered south of Cairo
By AFP
The Bei’r Al-Shaghala burial site in Dakhla. (Egypt Ministry of Antiquities)
August 24, 2017, 10:31 pm
Egypt archaeologists uncover Roman era tombs
Three mausoleums 'of different shapes and sizes' discovered in excavation of ancient burial ground
By AFP
Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Enany (C) speaks to the media on May 13, 2017, in front of mummies following their discovery in catacombs in the Touna el-Gabal district of the Minya province, in central Egypt. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
May 13, 2017, 5:48 pm
17 mummies found in ancient Egyptian burial site
Antiquities ministry hails 'unprecedented' discovery in south Cairo necropolis as a boost to struggling tourism industry
By Haitham el-Tabei
In this Oct. 30, 2013 photo, the solid gold mask of King Tutankhamun is seen in its glass case, in the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
May 8, 2017, 9:24 am
Experts meet in Egypt over moving King Tut artifacts
Officials searching for safest method to transfer items following damage to burial mask in 2014
By MENNA ZAKI
Egyptian archaeologists work on a wooden coffin discovered in a 3,500-year-old tomb in the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis, near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, April 18, 2017. (AFP/Stringer)
April 18, 2017, 7:42 pm
Mummies, over 1,000 statues discovered in 3,500-year-old tomb in Egypt
Ancient burial chambers of a nobleman named Userhat near Luxor include colorful sarcophagi and other ritual items
By Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Illustrative: The president of the Egyptian Jewish Community, Magda Shehata Haroun, talks during an interview with AFP at the Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue in Cairo, also known as Temple Ismailia or Adly Synagogue in downtown Cairo on October 3, 2016. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
March 26, 2017, 6:41 am
Egypt’s last Jews aim to keep heritage alive
With their mass-exodus to Israel after 1948, an ancient community that once numbered over 100,000 now counts perhaps 18 souls struggling to maintain empty synagogues
By Emmanuel Parisse
A section of King Khufu's papyri displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, July 14, 2016. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Raai)
July 14, 2016, 8:48 pm
In first, oldest Egyptian writing on papyrus displayed
Text from Great Pyramid of Giza sheds light on daily lives of port workers during reign of King Khufu in 26th century BCE
By AFP
This undated photo released by the Israeli Foreign Ministry shows a part of sarcophagus cover in Israel. Israel's Antiquities Authority says the colorful sarcophagus covers date back as early as the 16th and 10th centuries BCE. (Israeli Foreign Ministry via AP)
June 22, 2016, 2:36 am
Plundered sarcophagi arrive in Egypt via Israel
Stolen covers smuggled into Israel set to go on display at Cairo's Egyptian Museum
By Ilan Ben Zion and AP
This undated photo released by the Israeli Foreign Ministry shows a part of sarcophagus cover in Israel. Israel's Antiquities Authority says the colorful sarcophagus covers date back as early as the 16th and 10th centuries BCE. (Israeli Foreign Ministry via AP)
May 22, 2016, 11:23 pm
Israel returns looted ancient relics to Egypt
In mark of warming ties, Foreign Ministry gives back two rare sarcophagus lids, plundered after 2011 'Arab Spring' revolution
By Ilan Ben Zion and Elie Leshem
Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mamduh Damati (3L) speaks during a press conference at the antiquities ministry in Cairo about radar scans of the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun in the ancient necropolis of Luxor which show a "90 percent" chance of two hidden chambers, possibly containing organic material, March 17, 2016. / AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
March 17, 2016, 2:43 pm
Secret rooms almost certainly tucked away in King Tut’s tomb
Scans to find Queen Nefertiti's tomb suggest two hidden chambers, possibly containing organic material, Egypt says
By AFP
The gold mask of King Tutankhamun on display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, December 16, 2015. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)
December 17, 2015, 2:22 am
King Tut’s mask back on display after beard glued on
Piece of famed artifact was broken off by workers, but restored using an ancient Egyptian fix: beeswax
By Maram Mazen
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during a town hall event in Exeter, New Hampshire, September 30, 2015. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images/AFP)
November 10, 2015, 3:59 am
Egyptian officials scoff at Carson pyramid claims
'Does he even deserve a response? He doesn't,' Cairo's antiquities minister tells reporters
By MARAM MARZEN
Illustrative: A tourist takes a picture of two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Egypt's famed temple city of Luxor, December 14, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Radwan Abu Elmagd)
April 30, 2015, 6:31 pm
4,400-year-old statue of Egyptian pharaoh found
Belgian archaeologists discover rare sculpture of Pharaoh Sahure, who reigned in the 25th century BCE
By TOI staff
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