‘Recent Saqqara discovery is not the last’by Salwa Samir June 4, 2023The largest necropolis in Egypt was at Saqqara, serving the ancient capital Memphis with its 16 pyramids of kings and ...
Was Cleopatra black or white? Netflix series triggers furor in Egyptby Salwa Samir April 27, 2023Adele James, 27, is black and of mixed ancestry and plays Queen Cleopatra VII in the four-part Netflix docuseries African ...
Restoration of St. Mina el-Agaibi Monastery in Assiutby Salwa Samir March 29, 2023Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Secretary General Dr Mostafa Waziry and Anba Lucas, Bishop of Abnoub, al-Fateh, and New Assiut ...
Mummified animals uncovered in Upper Egyptby Salwa Samir March 26, 2023More than 2,000 mummified ram heads dating back to the Ptolemaic era (305-30 BC) and a palatial structure from the ...
Sultan Baybars Mosque: Symbol of Egyptian-Kazakh tiesby Salwa Samir March 25, 2023This year coincides with the 800th anniversary of Sultan al Zaher Baybars. Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari (ruled from ...
Study: Ancient Egyptians revered women as deitiesby Salwa Samir March 20, 2023Ancient Egyptians were aware that the function of women in the universal order is a sacred one. Without her, life ...
SCA chief Waziry meets host of foreign officialsby Salwa Samir March 9, 2023Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Mostafa Waziry, has met a host of international antiquities officials to discuss ...
Roman-era sphinx statue unearthed in Qenaby Salwa Samir March 6, 2023A sphinx-shaped statue has been discovered in Qena, Upper Egypt, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziry announced ...
Meet the guardian of Egyptian antiquitiesby Salwa Samir February 20, 2023Every time we hear about a new archaeological discovery, he appears denim-clad and surrounded by rubble in a narrow hole. ...