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Mostafa Waziry standing in front of the renovation project of the Menkaure Pyramid at Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2024. (Facebook screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 29, 2024, 12:51 am
Egyptian pyramid undergoes renovation, drawing anger, ridicule
Project aims to restore Menkaure Pyramid’s original style by rebuilding granite outer layer; some says that’s akin to ‘straightening the Tower of Pisa’
By AFP
An Egyptian archeologist points at a colored painting showing a sacrifice offering at a recently uncovered tomb that was said to belong to a top official of the fifth Dynasty named 'Ne Hesut Ba' (2,400 BCE), at the site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt, May 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 27, 2023, 6:26 pm
Egypt unveils recently discovered ancient workshops, tombs in Saqqara necropolis
Site at ancient capital of Memphis used to mummify humans and animals nearly 2,500 years ago
By AP
A collection of pharaoh statues is on display during a press conference at the Saqqara necropolis, where a gold-laced mummy and four tombs including of an ancient king's 'secret keeper' were discovered, south of Cairo on January 26, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
January 29, 2023, 11:13 am
Egypt unveils ancient tombs of ‘secret keeper’ tomb, gold-leaf-covered mummy
Finds in Saqqara necropolis date back to 25th to 22nd centuries BCE, include sarcophagus that was still sealed, statues, and amulets
By Agencies
A couple walk along a road at the Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on December 29, 2018, with the pyramid of Menkaure (or Menkheres) seen in the background. (Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP)
September 7, 2022, 7:23 pm
Study: Giza pyramids were built with help of a now dried-up arm of the Nile
Researchers believe ancient Egyptians used the river’s Khufu branch to move supplies in order to build the towering structures
By ToI Staff
Inscriptions adorn the wall of the southern cemetery of King Djoser, after its restoration, near the famed Step Pyramid, in Saqqara, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
September 14, 2021, 6:22 pm
Egypt opens 4,500-year-old tomb of King Djoser following 15-year restoration
Site contains a labyrinth of corridors, decorated with hieroglyphic carvings and tiles and a massive granite-clad sarcophagus from Egypt’s Third Dynasty
By MOHAMED WAGDY
A member of an international delegation sketches the site of the Bent Pyramid during an event opening the pyramid and its satellites for visitors in Dashur, Egypt, Saturday, July 13, 2019 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
July 13, 2019, 8:13 pm
Egypt opens 2 pyramids for first time since 1960s
Cairo hopes newly accessible archaeological discoveries will spur tourism
By AP
Two Danes sneak atop the Great Pyramid of Giza, hold nude shoot (YouTube screenshot)
December 8, 2018, 11:46 pm
Egyptians incensed by Danes’ nude shoot atop Great Pyramid
Photographer Andreas Hvid says he did not mean to anger locals, but had dreamed of the act for many years
By ToI Staff
In this photo from December 12, 2012, policemen are silhouetted against the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 6, 2018, 5:37 pm
Staircases and postholes: New finds offer insight on how Egypt built pyramids
Archaeologists say discovery of a ramp near Great Pyramid of Giza suggests the structures were constructed more quickly than previously thought
By ToI Staff
This undated photo shows one of the oldest villages ever found in the Nile Delta, with remains dating back to before the pharaohs in Tell el-Samara, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AP)
September 2, 2018, 6:41 pm
Egypt says village found in Nile Delta predated pharaohs
Neolithic site discovered in Tell el-Samara containing food silos, animal bones, indicating human habitation as early as 5000 BCE
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
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
Tourists leave the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur, about 25 miles south of Cairo, Egypt, on August 19, 2011. (AP/Coralie Carlson, File)
January 17, 2016, 5:46 pm
Particles could reveal how Egyptian pyramid was built
Thousands of years later, scientists still unsure how ancient people built the structure; cosmic muons may hold the answer
By Maram Mazen
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