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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, Alexandria Biennial returns in 2026 after 12 years. There will be 55 artists from across the Mediterranean

The Alexandria Biennial in Egypt will return in September 2026 after a 12-year hiatus. The news, as reported by Artnews magazine, marks the return of one of the most important artistic events on the Egyptian and Mediterranean scene, whose absence has...
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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

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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Egypt, ruins of a Coptic city discovered in Ain al-Kharab Oasis

A new archaeological discovery sheds light on the early stages of the spread of Christianity in Egypt. The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities' mission, operating in the Ain al-Kharab region, part of the Coptic and Islamic Oasis open-air area in ...
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Giza bets on tourism: $30 million to $51 million archaeological site redevelopment work

Every year, some 2.5 million visitors travel to the Pyramids of Giza with the goal of experiencing something worthy of one of the Seven Wonders of the World. For a long time, however, reaching the archaeological site in Egypt meant dealing with crowd...
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Outstanding discovery in Trento: fragments of a very rare Egyptian papyrus found

An extraordinary find enriches the archaeological holdings of Trento's Castello del Buonconsiglio. In the course of studying and cataloguing the Egyptian materials preserved in the museum, archaeologist Annamaria Azzolini and Egyptologist Barbara Gil...
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Administrative documents on pottery from ancient Egypt: the ostrakas of Oxyrhynchus

The Egyptological Collections of theUniversity of Pisa, part of the Athenaeum Museum System, preserve a most precious treasure for the study of Egyptian society: they are the ostrakas of Ossirinco, which represent an extraordinary body of historical,...
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