The year 2019 was full of archaeological discoveries in various regions of Egypt. The number of discoveries reached about 19 important discoveries, celebrated inside and outside of Egypt. In the following lines, ET sheds light on the numerous discoveries made during 2019: Jan 15,...
The Egyptian-German archaeological mission headed by Horig Sorouzian discovered a huge statue of the God Horus. The statue was found in the remains of the Columns Hall at the Millions of Years Temple of King Amenhotep III in Kom al-Hattan area on the western...
EGYPT archaeologists discovered a boat believed to have been used byPharaohKhufu himself “perfectly preserved,” which helped confirm theories over how the ancient society constructed their wonders. The Giza pyramid complexis probablythe most famous and well-knownof Egypt’s many ancient landmarksand includes the Great Pyramid of...
Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced on Wednesday that it has discovered a rare statue of King Ramses II during excavations near Giza pyramids west of the capital Cairo. In a statement, the ministry said that the statue was unearthed during excavation works the ministry’s...
A small statue of a royal sphinx was uncovered in Tuna El-Gebel in Minya governorate archaeological, Upper Egypt, on Saturday, December 14 area. The newly discovered sphinx Which is made of limestone was uncovered by Egyptian Archaeological Mission headed by Sayed Abdel-Malek. Director General...
Clear sky, amazing rock formation and the best sand dunes. Egypt’s Western Desert. You will wake up to the sunrise with nothing but the vastness of white everywhere around you when you open the window of your small tent and witnessed the magic. Waking...
Grand Festivals in Ancient Egypt There was nothing better than breaking the routine of life with a grandiose festival for the ancient Egyptians. Religious or political, festivals allowed both rich and poor to put away their cares for a day or two, and sometimes...
CAIRO It will house the largest collection of Tutankhaman relics ever displayed, and is expected to attract 5 million visitors a year. It’s been a while since news first broke on Egypt’s much anticipated new antiquities museum: the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which will...
EGYPT’S ANTIQUITIES MINISTER, 40 AMBASSADORS INAUGURATE RESTORED SENEFRU’S BENT PYRAMID IN DAHSHUR The Senefru Bent Pyramid Despite the sweltering heatwave gripping Cairo, journalists and media outlets flocked to Dahshur Necropolis in Giza to join Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany and foreign and African...
Tourist Attractions in Egypt Home of the ancient Pharaohs, Egypt is a dazzling destination of temples and tombs that wow all who visit. It’s not all historic treasures, though. With vast tracts of desert, superb scuba diving, and the famed Nile River, there’s something...
‘It is the biggest ‘saff’ tomb to be ever discovered in the Theban necropolis,’ said a senior official The discovery of a new saff tomb in the Draa Abul Naga necropolis on the West Bank of Luxor was announced by Egyptian officials on Thursday....
Old Kingdom tombs discovered on Egypt’s Giza Plateau .. A member of the Egyptian Archaeological Mission inspects part of an Old Kingdom cemetery during excavations carried out at the south-eastern side of Giza Plateau. Despite the current heat wave in Egypt, local and international...
65th Anniversary of the Khufu Ship Discovery, On this day in 1954, one of the oldest and largest boats on earth was found buried near Egypt’s biggest pyramid. Today’s Doodle celebrates the discovery of the Khufu Ship, which has survived more than 4,600 years,...
El Gouna is an Egyptian tourist resort, owned by Samih Sawiris and developed by Orascom Hotels and Development, dating from 1989. It is located on the Red sea, so if you are looking for a place to laze on a beach, cushioned from the chaos...
The ancient Egyptians were there. From the area around Marsa Alam they mined gold and emeralds . The road from Marsa Alam to Edfu, in the Nile Valley, was built in the ancient times by king Ptolemy II . Mining phosphate is main industry...
The Western Desert of Egypt covers about 700,000 sq km, which represents tow thirds of Egypt’s land.The Western Desert was once a savannah, rich with wildlife and nomadic settlements.Gradual climate change le to desertfication and thurned this vast area into the arid expanse seen...
Baharyia is one of the more fetching of the desert circuit oases. Surrounded on all sides by towering ridges, much of the osais floor is covered by verdant plantations of date palms and pockmarked with dozens of refreshing springs.During the Pharaonic era, the oasis...
The area was inhabited by two different Bedouin tribes.the Tarabin to the north, and the Muzeina, some 8 km to the south. After the six day war when Israel occupied the area , Nuweiba town was established just 1.5 km south of tarabin, under...
Dahab is the one town on the south Sinai Peninsula where independent travellers are the rule rather than the exception and Dahab’s growth has not destroyed its budget-traveller roots.Meaning ‘gold’ in Arabic – a reference to the area’s sandy coastline (despite the main tourist...
Here, not for the first time, you fell deeply in love with the landscape ….you longed to reach out to reach out and stroke the great gaunt flanks of the mountain falling away into bewildering foot-hills and plains of dazzling sand … it’s...
St Katherine’s MonasteryThis ancient monastery traces its founding to about AD 330, when the Byzantine empress Helena had a small chapel and a fortified refuge for local hermits built beside what was believed to be the burning bush from which god spoke to Moses.Today...
The ancient city of Petra one of the New Seven Wonders of the WorldThe ancient city of Petra is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Petra is often called the Rose – Red City, but even this hardly does justice to...
Siwa Oasis located 560km from Cairo , is in a deep depression that reaches below sea level18 m. All over this old, historical oasis, you find natural wells where you can spot the bubbles coming up from15 to 20 meters underneath you, many of...
Al-Quseir is an approximately 5000 years old Egyptian city lying along the Red Sea. Its ancient name was Leucus Limen. Al-Quseir was where Queen Hatshipsut set off from on an expedition to the mystical African land of Punt, as depicted in the reliefs in...
Alexandria, the pearl of the Mediterranean. Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332, while he was marching along the Mediterranean coast; he stopped by a fishermen village called Rhakotis where he decided to build a new capital for Egypt, which has been named after...
The city of Hurghada was founded in the early 20th century. Until a few years ago it was a small fishing village but since the 1980s has been continually enlarged by Egyptian and foreign investors to become the leading coastal resort on the Red...
When the Sinai peninsula was returned to Egypt, Ras Muhammad was declared for protection from fishing and other human activities. Some of the fishing methods, such as using dynamite and knives aslo wereimpacting the coral reef and the fish populations. In 1983, the Egyptian...
Al-Qahira, which is Cairo in English , Cairo was founded by the Islamic dynasty of Fatimids in 969 AD.So Cairo has been the capital of Egypt for alomst 1000 years and now it is the largest city in Egypt and Africa in terms of...
Time to explore Luxor with Kemet Travel . Luxor was the ancient city of Thebes, the great capital of Egypt during the new kingdom, Luxor was regarded in the Ancient Egyptian texts as (Ta ipet ) meaning the shrine and also as wast (city...
Explore Aswan With Kemet Travel . Aswan is the southernmost city in Egypt and Egypt’s gate way to Africa. Aswan has always been of great strategic importance . In ancient times Aswan was a garriosn town for the military campaigns agianst Nubia, its quarries...
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