A new collection of extremely rare colour portraits of ancient Egyptian mummies have been discovered painted on the newly discovered 2,000-year-old caskets of their owners. The paintings are said to…
Austrian archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old administrative centre with over 30 storage facilities that ancient Egyptians used to stock grain. The team of researchers from the Cairo branch of the…
Three ancient Egyptian golden tongues used by the dead to talk to Osiris on their way to the afterlife have been found in tombs believed to be 2,500 years old.…
Egyptian officials have seized 13 archaeological scrolls and artefacts from a passenger at Cairo International Airport. The manuscripts, ranging from between the 17th and 19th centuries, were seized by officials…
An ancient Egyptian tomb belonging to a royal scribe who was in charge of sacrifices under Pharaoh Ramses II has been discovered. The discovery took place at the Saqqara Necropolis,…
A flight from Cairo to London had to make an "emergency landing" in Munich after a teenage mum gave birth on board. The incident took place 10,000 metres (32,808 feet)…
An ancient Egyptian statue of the Egyptian goddess of love and fertility Hathor has been uncovered during excavations near Cairo. The statue, of the goddess Hathor, was discovered in a plot…
The US Department of State is reportedly considering cutting a large chunk of its 1.3-billion-USD military aid to Egypt over the death of an American taxi driver in a Cairo…
A feminist actress, dancer and singer who wanted to take her daughter to a book fair was chucked out when she was mobbed by fans and then accused of dressing…
A nine-year-old boy who was scolded on the face and shoulders by hot coffee during a flight from Cairo to Vienna has been given 40,000 EUR compensation. The accident happened…