Greco Roman Museum Alexandria.

The Supreme Antiques are at it with energy, focus and attention and this museum is to be re-opened later this year.

As usual they think bricks and mortar will fix...

From the Thebes Hotel Facebook page.

Lecture Thebes Hotel, Luxor West Bank.
Thursday, 14th of February, 6 pm.
Sema – Tawy, the unification of the two lands by Dr Bruno Sandkühler.
One of the most...

Builder of Modern Egypt.

Cassell. Jewish, funded the first Aswan Dam, was an immense Egyptian farmer, intimate of Edward VIII and paid the King’s huge bills (and more), was King’s ‘private banker’,...

Mummy-Filled Burial Chambers Discovered In Egypt's Minya

2/02/2019 06:00:00 PM

As the sun warmed the air at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in Minya governorate on Saturday morning, hundreds of media...

GEM The Supreme Antiques Fully Exposed.

GEM and related matters have been the biggest issue for the 77,000 Supreme Antiques in the past 18 years.

GEM was meant to be finished 7 years ago but...

Museums, Displays and Context.

An interesting issue about art galleries and museums – do you put an old object against a white modern painted wall, or in a modern glass (dirty in Egypt) case or...

Archaeologists recently uncovered ancient storage rooms in a 2,000-year-old winery, at a site in Egypt's Nile Delta to the north of Cairo.

Inside these rooms — which appeared to be...

A Cemetery Housing 40 mummies Uncovered in Tuna el Gebel

By: Angy Essam

CAIRO – 27 January 2019: Tuna el Gebel area in Minya governorate is among the archaeological sites that contain plenty of...

Solar Boat Museum Giza.

All new buildings in Egypt after 1956 have a common attribute – I’ll leave you to work that one out but know from previous experience that one person’s atrocity is another’s...

Supreme Council of Antiquities Expedition Discovers A Number of Tombs and Burial Sites in Koum al-Khalajan

NOUR ELTIGANI
JANUARY 24, 2019

Archaeological expedition by the Supreme Council of...

An interesting article from the Daily Mail (for once) showing workers renovating King Tut's tomb

Folks, the next photographic lecture will be on the topic of Gourna Village.

It will be on Thursday 31st January at 6pm. It is at the usual venue of the Thebes Hotel on the West Bank.

Further...

Went to Edfu temple yesterday, hoards and hoards of tourists there, apparently all the cruise boats tie up in Edfu Monday morning and take their guests to the temple. So if anyone else is thinking of...

Went to Kom Umbo yesterday and had a great time. If anyone is thinking of going just a couple of words of advise. First the ticket office is not sign posted it's in a little grubby room down from the...

New book - sounds essential for Deir el Medina lovers.

'Life within the Five Walls. A Handbook to Deir el-Medina', from Benedict Davies.
For the greater part of the Egyptian New Kingdom, the...

Well I never! You learn something new every day.

The Great Pit of Zawyet El Aryan — in Zawyet El Aryan.

The Northern Pyramid of Zawyet el-Aryan, also known as Pyramid of Baka and Pyramid of...

Roman Tombs Discovered In Egypt's Dakhla Oasis

1/15/2019 06:00:00 PM

Two Roman tombs have been uncovered during excavation work at Beer El-Shaghala site in Mut village in Dakhla Oasis. The walls...

Egyptian Museum Receives € 3M Grant to Undergo Development

EGYPTIAN STREETS
JANUARY 13, 2019

According to local news outlet, Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled El Enany announced that the...