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Countdown begins for Luxor Times Egyptology Awards 2017

Today, 25th of January, the countdown for the annual “Luxor Times Egyptology Awards 2017” when 25 awards will be handed…

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Swedish ambassador visits Lund university archaeological mission in Upper Egypt

Swedish ambassador in Egypt visits Gebel Silsila archaeological mission of Lund university. Following the astonishing discovery of 12 New Kingdom…

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Swedish mission discovered 12 New Kingdom tombs in Upper Egypt


The Swedish mission from Lund University at Gebelel Silsila, south of Luxor, in Upper Egypt led by Dr. Maria Nilsson…

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Discovery of +4000-years old wall leading to new tombs in Aswan

Dr. Mahmoud Affifi, head of the Ancient Egyptian antiquities sector at the ministry of antiquities, announced unearthing of a 2-meters…

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The heretic King’s head moved to GEM for 2017 opening

Today, GEM (Grand Egyptian Museum) receives a group of 850 objects from the Egyptian museum in Cairo in preparation for…

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Celebrating the museum of the museums anniversary with a 21th centurytouch

The Egyptian museum in Cairo celebrates 114th anniversary of its opening for the first time in 1902 on 15th of…

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Spanish team discovers TIP tomb in a temple

The Spanish mission working on the site of Thutmosis III mortuary temple of millions of years on the West Bank,…

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Ramses II eastern temple is open to public after restoration

Dr. Khaled El-Enany, Minister of antiquities, has just opened officially Ramses II eastern temple in Karnak temples complex. The temple…

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More antiquities transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum

According to Dr. Osama Abu ElKheir (General director of restoration at the Grand Egyptian Museum) there are 376 objects out…

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King Tut collection is being transferred to GEM for 2017

For the partial opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) by the end of 2017, a number of King Tutankhamon’s…

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