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Visitors tour the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo on May 5, 2025. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
October 31, 2025, 5:27 pm
Egypt set to open grand Giza museum, more than two decades in the making
Billion-dollar project, which chronicles 5,000 years of history, was set to open in July, but ceremony was pushed off due to Israel-Iran war
By Sophie Pons
Tourists pose for a group picture at the Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on December 29, 2018, with the pyramids of Khafre (or Chephren, R) and Khufu (or Cheops, L) seen in the background. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP)
December 30, 2018, 4:54 am
Tourists flock to Giza, but vendors fear bombing will keep more away
Deadly attack on bus threatens to decimate industry that had just started to recover from upheaval, terrorism
By MENNA ZAKI
Mummified cats inside a tomb, at an ancient necropolis near Egypt's famed pyramids in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt, November 10, 2018. (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)
November 11, 2018, 8:36 am
Feline mummies abound in Egypt’s newly discovered tombs
Seven Pharaonic Age burial sites near Cairo also yield mummies of scarabs; carvings of a lion, a cow and a falcon
By AP
A recently discovered gilded mummy mask is displayed after it was found in a disturbed context of the hall way of a burial chamber dating back some 2,500 years at an ancient necropolis near Egypt's famed pyramids in Saqqara, Giza, Saturday, July 14, 2018. (AP/Amr Nabil)
July 14, 2018, 6:44 pm
Archaeologists in Egypt discover ancient mummification workshop
Alongside a trove of artifacts, archaeologists find an embalmer’s cachette they believe will reveal more about the oils used in mummification 2,500 years ago
By AP
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: Egyptian policemen in Cairo, June 29, 2015. (AP/Eman Helal, File)
September 10, 2017, 8:02 pm
Egypt says police killed 10 suspected militants in Cairo
Five cops wounded in clash with Muslim Brotherhood splinter group members, in apartments stocked with weapons, explosives
By Hamza Hendawi
Remains of an ancient pyramid found near Giza and announced Aprial 3, 2017. (Egyptian Antiques Ministry)
April 3, 2017, 8:51 pm
Remains of ancient pyramid found in Egypt
Officials say 3,700-year-old structure from 13th dynasty is in good condition, further excavation needed
By AFP
The Giza pyramids near Cairo. (Melanie Fidler/Flash90)
October 17, 2016, 10:41 pm
Experts discover ‘cavities’ in Egypt’s Great Pyramid
Using radiographic imaging, scientists unearth ‘two anomalies’ in the millennia-old pharaoh’s tomb in Giza
By AFP
A 3-D cutaway shows the interior of the Bent Pyramid. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, HIP Institute and the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University)
May 6, 2016, 10:23 pm
Scientists use ‘cosmic rays’ to peek inside Egypt’s pyramids
Researchers hope to create definitive maps of structures’ inner chambers, perhaps even find Nefertiti’s hidden tomb
By ToI Staff
The view from atop of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza taken by German tourist Andrej Ciesielski , who scaled the structure illegally. (screen capture: YouTube)
January 28, 2016, 8:29 pm
Daredevil tourist scales the heights for pyramid scheme
Authorities briefly detain German teen who broke the law to see the view from atop Cheops structure in Giza
By ToI Staff
The broken window of a bus used by Arab Israeli tourists following an attack in Cairo on January 7, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)
January 11, 2016, 12:48 pm
Senior Muslim Brotherhood figure arrested over Giza shooting
Ten people arrested in connection with attack on Israeli Arabs outside Egyptian hotel near pyramids
By ToI Staff
Egyptian forensic experts inspect a bullet-riddled window at the entrance of the Three Pyramids hotel in Cairo where Israeli tourists were shot at, January 7, 2016. (AFP Photo/ Khaled Desouki)
January 8, 2016, 10:11 pm
Police kill attacker as 3 tourists stabbed at Egyptian resort
Second assailant injured in second attack on foreigners in as many hours after IS affiliate claims shooting on Cairo hotel
By AP and ToI Staff
Egyptian forensic experts inspect a bullet-riddled window at the entrance of the Three Pyramids hotel in Cairo where Israeli tourists were shot at, January 7, 2016. (AFP Photo/ Khaled Desouki)
January 8, 2016, 1:59 pm
IS-linked group claims Cairo attack that targeted Israelis
Israeli Arab tourists reported heavy gunfire, but no injuries Thursday when their bus, hotel entrance came under fire near Giza pyramids
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The broken window of a bus used by Arab Israeli tourists following an attack in Cairo on January 7, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)
January 7, 2016, 8:06 pm
Cairo attack was more intense than Egypt admits, says Arab Israeli witness
While Egypt plays down shooting, tourists from Umm al-Fahm and Jaffa describe petrol bombs, sustained and heavy gunfire
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Egyptian forensic experts inspect a bullet-riddled window at the entrance of the Three Pyramids hotel in Cairo where Israeli tourists were shot at, January 7, 2016. (AFP Photo/ Khaled Desouki)
January 7, 2016, 12:25 pm
Israeli tourists targeted in Cairo attack; none hurt
About a dozen assailants shoot fireworks, rubber bullets at Giza hotel, near Egypt’s iconic pyramids; two attackers caught
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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