Nov. 23 (UPI) — Egyptian authorities on Saturday unveiled a public display of mummified animals in Cairo, near the Saqqara necropolis where they were discovered. Last year archaeologists found a cache of mummified cats, crocodiles, cobras and birds in an ancient necropolis near the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, south of the …
FAYOUM, Egypt (Reuters) – Ahmed Abd-Rabo used to get all the water he needed to feed his crops in northern Egypt. Then the canal linking his seven acres to the River Nile started drying up and he had to abandon half the plot. A general view shows the River Nile …
Oct. 19 (UPI) — Archaeologists in Egypt on Saturday opened the coffins of two of the 30 mummies discovered earlier this year and estimated to be 3,000 years old. In April, the remains were found by accident under a mound behind the Asasif Necropolis on the west bank of the Nile …
The Egyptian government is hailing the discovery of more than 20 wooden coffins as “one of the largest and most important” archaeological finds in the past few years. The coffins were found in Assasif, a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile River. Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities tweeted images of the …
Faced with rare protests, Egypt’s government has launched a crackdown that human rights groups say is one of the largest the country has seen during Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s five years as president. Authorities have arrested at least 3,000 people since the protests began on Sept. 20, according to several Egyptian human rights …
LUXOR, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt on Thursday unveiled two archaeological discoveries in Luxor including an industrial zone at the southern city’s West Valley, also known as the Valley of the Monkeys. Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 30 workshops in the industrial area, the Ministry of Antiquities said in a statement. The …
A series of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting Egyptian journalists, academics, lawyers, opposition politicians and human rights activists has been traced to Egyptian government offices, a cybersecurity firm has found. The attackers installed software on the targets’ phones that enabled them to read the victims’ files and emails, track their locations, identify …
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt exhibited on Tuesday the golden coffin of an ancient Egyptian priest that was returned by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art following the discovery that it had been looted and illegally sold. The finely decorated coffin is inscribed with the name Nedjemankh, a priest of the …
Demonstrators take to the streets after Friday prayers as security forces ramp up checks in Cairo. Protests have broken out in parts of Egypt with demonstrators calling for the departure of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi amid a high security alert. Following Friday prayers in the Warraq area in Giza governorate, demonstrators chanted slogans calling for …
Over 1,900 arrested as Egypt braces for more demonstrations planned for Friday against rule of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi Egyptian authorities have made it clear that they intend to use force to quell Friday’s planned demonstrations against the rule of the president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. Public dissent has been all but extinguished …
US authorities have returned a stolen coffin to Egypt, two years after it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The 2,100-year-old coffin of a priest called Nedjemankh was featured in an exhibit housing artefacts from Egypt. The stolen antique was sold to the museum …
His YouTube videos bashing the president have spurred protests against the regime THE EGYPTIAN police seemed caught off-guard by the protests on September 20th. That was understandable, given that almost no one had dared protest in years. It was a Friday night, the start of the football season, when millions …
