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Tutankhamun's Tomb threatens to collapse: study reveals worrying subsidence

Tutankhamun's Tomb threatens to collapse: study reveals worrying subsidence

The tomb of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun, known as KV62 and located in Egypt 's famous Valley of the Kings, is one of the most famous funerary monuments in the world. Despite its fame, the structure, dating back to the Eighteenth Dynasty (which reig...
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New ancient Egyptian military fortress discovered in Sinai

New ancient Egyptian military fortress discovered in Sinai

A discovery of great historical and archaeological significance has emerged in North Sinai (Egypt), where an Egyptian mission has unearthed a large military fortress dating back to the New Kingdom era, along the famous "Horus War Route." It is one of...
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Rome, Pharaoh treasures arrive tonight from Cairo's Egyptian Museum: exhibition coming soon

Rome, Pharaoh treasures arrive tonight from Cairo's Egyptian Museum: exhibition coming soon

On the night of Oct. 4-5, 2025, Rome welcomed a load of great historical and cultural value: the Scuderie del Quirinale saw the arrival of the 130 works from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo destined to give life to the exhibition Treasures of the Pharao...
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Discovered a submerged harbor connected to the Temple of Taposiris Magna west of Alexandria

Discovered a submerged harbor connected to the Temple of Taposiris Magna west of Alexandria

The archaeological mission operating in the area of the Temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria ,Egypt, led by Professor Kathleen Martinez of Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña, in collaboration with Robert Ballard, founder and e...
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Napoleon's portrait in Egypt: the Battle of the Pyramids and the challenge that changed history

Napoleon's portrait in Egypt: the Battle of the Pyramids and the challenge that changed history

At the gates of Cairo, on July 21, 1798, the French army led by Napoleon Bonaparte (Ajaccio, 1769 - St. Helena, 1821) came into conflict with the Mamluk troops in what would go down in history as the Battle of the Pyramids, an episode that from the b...
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Three statues resurface at Abu Qair (Alexandria, Egypt): first discovery in 25 years

Three statues resurface at Abu Qair (Alexandria, Egypt): first discovery in 25 years

At Abu Qair, northeast of Alexandria , Egypt, three statues of great historical significance have resurfaced from the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This is the first underwater recovery operation of this magnitude in Egypt in the past twenty-five ...
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Egypt: 13 archaeological finds returned from UK and Germany

Egypt: 13 archaeological finds returned from UK and Germany

On yesterday, August 10, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that it had received thirteen archaeological artifacts from the United Kingdom and Germany. The artifacts, which had previously left the country illicitly, returned t...
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Grand Egyptian Museum to open Nov. 1: green light from President Al Sisi

Grand Egyptian Museum to open Nov. 1: green light from President Al Sisi

After thescheduled opening on July 3, we have the official date. The Grand Egyptian Museum will officially open its doors to the public on November 1, 2025. The announcement came from Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly during a Cabinet meeting ...
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