Mar 09 2010
Egypt Restores Historic Synagogues
Jewish sites are as much a part of Egypt's culture as Muslim mosques or Coptic churches, according to Egypt's Ministry of Culture.
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Mar 05 2010
Egyptian Queen Offered Bread, Jug of Beer at Funeral
Click on image to zoom in. Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) One loaf of bread and one jug of beer: that's what Egypt's Queen Behenu was offered during her funeral, according to a translation of hieroglyphics engraved on white stone ...
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Mar 03 2010
Ancient Egyptian Queen’s Burial Chamber Discovered
French archaeologists working at Saqqara have unearthed the burial chamber of a 4,000-year-old queen, Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), announced today. Badly destroyed, the 33-by 16-foot burial chamber belonged to Queen Behenu, wife ...
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Mar 01 2010
Colossal Head Statue of King Tut’s Grandfather Dug Out in Luxor
The colossal head, after its excavation. Courtesy: Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) A colossal head statue of King Tut's grandfather has been dug out in Luxor, Farouk Hosni, Egypt's Culture Minister, said Sunday. Smoothly polished and perfectly preserved, the ...
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Feb 22 2010
King Tut’s Many Curses
New research shows that Egyptian pharaoh King Tutankhamun had a rough life: he suffered from malaria and deformed feet, two of his children were stillborn, and he died at the age of 19. Scientific analysis suggests that despite his status ...
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Feb 22 2010
U.S. to Return 3,000-Year-Old Pharaonic Sarcophagus to Egypt
U.S. authorities will return a beautifully painted 3,000-year-old coffin to Egypt, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni said on Monday. Decorated with colorful religious scenes, the ornamented coffin contains the remains of a man called Imesy. Zahi Hawass, the secretary general ...
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Feb 18 2010
Controversy Arises Over King Tut Findings
Dr. Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, unveiled new evidence for King Tut's lineage and cause of death at a packed press conference on Wednesday. Hawass confirmed the principal conclusions made in a paper published in ...
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Feb 16 2010
Interview: DNA Tests Reveal Mysteries of King Tut
Modern tools of molecular genetics and X-ray analysis have shed new light on the legendary Egyptian "boy king" Tutankhamun, commonly known as King Tut. To learn more, listen to Discovery News’ interview with study team member Carsten Pusch, a geneticist ...
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Feb 16 2010
The Tut Puzzle
Revealed in DNA study: King Tut's family tree King Tut, the best-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt, has been puzzling scientists ever since his mummy- and treasure-packed tomb were discovered in 1922 the Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist Howard ...
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Feb 03 2010
Luxor’s ‘Sphinx Avenue’ to Be Restored
A site in Luxor, Egypt will become one of the world's largest open-air museums when part of a $11 million project is complete in March, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said today in a statement. Excavation work along the ...
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