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30/10/2021 Three giant Criosphinxes Discovered on Egypt’s Cultic Avenue in Luxor https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/criosphinx-0015977
30/10/2021  This ancient Egyptian papyrus mentions miracles performed by Priests and Magicians  https://curiosmos.com/this-ancient-egyptian-papyrus-mentions-miracles-performed-by-priests-and-magicians-in-egypt/
18/10/2021 Garden ornaments turn out to be valuable ancient Egyptian artifacts https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/11/garden-statues-at-suffolk-auction-turn-out-to-be-be-egyptian-artefacts-15402261/
15/10/2021 The 10 most Significant Treasures found in Tutankhamun’s Tomb https://curiosmos.com/10-most-significant-treasures-found-in-tutankhamuns-tomb-in-pictures/
15/10/2021 Secret to Great Pyramids Near-Perfect Alignment possibly discovered https://www.livescience.com/61799-great-pyramid-near-perfect-alignment.html
04/10/2021  Why are there no records from 4,500 years ago mentioning the Great Sphinx ? https://curiosmos.com/unrecorded-mystery-why-no-ancient-records-from-4500-years-ago-mention-the-great-sphinx/
25/06/2021 Farmer digs up large ancient Egyptian stone artifact dated to the 6th Dynasty  https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/egyptian-stele-0015480
25/06/2021 Egypts Al-Azhar prohibits excavating and displaying of mummies https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210127-egypts-al-azhar-prohibits-excavating-and-displaying-mummies/
30/04/2021  Mysterious giant objects discovered near the pyramids at Giza https://archaeology-world.com/mysterious-giant-objects-discovered-near-the-egyptian-pyramids-on-the-giza-plateau/
09/04/2021 Dr Hawass announces discovery of “Golden City” in Luxor  https://see.news/hawass-announces-discovery-of-lost-golden-city-in-luxor/
04/04/2021 The Pharaohs Golden Parade (The full  unedited version) https://youtu.be/bnlXW7KZl0c
13/02/2021 The brooch of the young Pharaoh Tutankhamun contains precious stone from a comet from outer space https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/tutankhamun-s-scarab-brooch-was-born-28-million-year-old-comet-strike-021509
13/02/2021 Major discoveries of coffins, burial shafts, and text made in Saqqara https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/saqqara-discoveries-0014810
17/01/2021 Amulets and figurines discovered in newly unearthed sarcophagus in Minya http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/388173/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Amulets-and-figurines-discovered-in-newl.aspx
17/01/ 2021  Dr. Zahi Hawass announces new discovery in Saqqara https://see.news/hawass-announces-new-archaeological-discovery-in-saqarra/
06/09/2020 Cache of sealed coffins discovered in Saqqara http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/379451.aspx
27/08/2020 Decrypting The Temple of Edfu and The Edfu Text https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/temple-edfu-0014048
24/08/2020  New X-Ray imaging has Revealed what’s Inside ancient Egyptian Mummies https://www.sciencealert.com/x-ray-imaging-has-revealed-what-s-inside-of-ancient-egyptian-animal-mummies
16/08/2020 Ramesses 11 statue unearthed in Egypt https://www.archaeology.org/news/8892-200730-egypt-ramesses-ii-statue
16/08/2020 Elon Musk upsets Egyptian officials by suggesting aliens built the pyramids https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/elon-musk-irks-egyptian-officials-by-suggesting-aliens-built-the-pyramids/
16/08/2020  Searching for the Lost Footsteps of The Scorpian Kings https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/searching-lost-footsteps-scorpion-kings-007598
16/08/2020  “Grand Egyptian Museum will be finished this year:Behind the scenes of the giant $1 Billion project https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/behind-the-scenes-at-the-grand-egyptian-museum?fbclid=IwAR3hVk70jFBI_uFbnW7oGyv4KnkRf22FeUA-sIfZ1TqdSOe-IeQtM8Aehu4
16/08/2020  Hyksos, 15th Dynasty Rulers of ancient Egypt, were internal takeover https://phys.org/news/2020-07-hyksos-15th-dynasty-rulers-ancient.html
16/08/2020  “Sensational” Egypt finds offers clues in hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb  https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/12/sensational-egypt-find-offers-clues-in-hunt-for-cleopatras-tomb?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2Mu1JVnrQdiLX32QIiPwukmzZrEFU4fCa-vrp-Bu5wrAmU0Ag7RleEVnM#Echobox=1594625264   
15/02/2020 “Queen Nefertari: Eternal Egypt,” exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City https://oklahoman.com/article/5653769/ancient-egypt-mongolia-on-exhibit-at-kansas-city-museum
15/02/2020  Tutankhamun’s treasure is heading to Boston as part of a World Wide sell out tour https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/tutankhaman-exhibit-boston 
21/09/2019 School Master in Sohag,West Bank, Egypt uncovers Ptolemaic temple underneath his house https://www.egyptindependent.com/schoolmaster-in-sohag-uncovers-ptolemaic-temple-beneath-house/
03/09/2019 Tutankhamens coffin restoration process to last for 8 months https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/73541/Tutankhamun-coffin-restoration-process-to-last-for-8-months
03/09/2019 Why was Sigmund Freud so obsessed with Egypt? https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/08/why-was-sigmund-freud-so-obsessed-with-egypt/
27.07/2019 Scientist  discover the secret ingredients of ancient egyptians hair products https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ancient-egyptian-mummy-hair-unearthed-17490913
27/07/2019 Tutankhamum head sells at auction https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/arts/design/tutankhamen-christies-sale-egypt.html
03.04.2019 Why Do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses? https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-egyptian-statues-broken-noses
03/04/2019 How the Metroplitian museum convinced the U.S. Government that the Temple of Dendura belonged in New York  https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-2-000-year-old-egyptian-temple-ended-manhattan

 03/04/2019 Latest discovery: Tomb of fifth Dynasty dignitary Khuwy discovered in Saqqara https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6881173/Egyptian-noble-discovered-tomb-adorned-gruesome-murals-cows-slaughtered.html

14/11/2018 Latest discovery: Cats, mummies, and animal statues discovered in ancient Egyptian sarcophagi at Saqqara www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-6375325/Cat-mummies-animal-statues-discovered-Egypt-sarcophagi.html
22/10/2018  3,000 year old  tattooed Mummy was top official or a member of the ancient Egyptian elite http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/313568.aspx
22/10/2018 Latest discovery: Tomb containing statue of Kairis “Beloved by his lord, Keeper of the Secret of the house of Morning, Friend/courtier of the King” https://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/10/czech-archaeologists-discover-keeper-of.html?m=1
22/10/2018 Latest discovery:  two ancient Egyptian sandstone paintings have been found in Upper Egypt in the Aswan district  http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/01/c_137504563.htm
7th August 2018  the Amarna Letters containing correspondence between Akhenaten and his allies https://crewsproject.wordpress.com/2018/07/27/hands-on-with-the-amarna-letters
 7th August 2018  Fragments of 2600 year old statue of Nubian King discovered in River Nile temple http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5418105/Fragments-2-600-year-old-statue-Nubian-king-found.html
7th August 2018  Where is the tomb of King Tuts wife ?  https://www.livescience.com/63206-tomb-king-tut-wife-mystery.html
18/07/2018  Mystery surrounds the  large black granite sarcophagus that has been discovered in a tomb in Alexandria https://www.livescience.com/63027-mmassive-egyptian-sarcophagus-mystery.html
18/07/2018  Saqqara burial ground discovery could reveal mummification secrets http://english.ahram.org.eg/UI/Front/MultimediaInner.aspx?NewsContentID=306914&newsportalname=Multimedia
12/07/2018`The FBI crack the DNA of an ancient Egyptian mummy https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/fbi-crack-dna-code-egyptian-ancient-mummy-tomb-a8286291.html
12/07/2018 Statue of  the god Osiris discovered in ancient Egyptian pyramid http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-god-statue-discovered-in-first.html
12/07/2018  ancient Egyptian brewery over 5000 years old discovered https://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/07/ancient-egyptian-5000-year-old-brewery.html
28/06/2018 “Buhen” the sunken fortress under the River Nile https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/51043/Buhen-Sunken-fortress-under-the-Nile
28/06/2018 The children of Cleopatra and Mark Antony https://www.historytoday.com/jane-draycott/cleopatras-daughter
28/06/2018 Egyptologist discover the Mummy case of a hawk actually contained human remains https://www.livescience.com/62705-hawk-mummy-was-human.html
28/06/2018  Canopic jars from 26th century discovered in Luxor http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/305454.aspx
15/06/2018  The Making of Assassins Creed. “Interview with Perrine Poiron”  http://nilescribes.org/2018/06/09/perrine-poiron-interview/
15/06/2018 Renovation of discovered head of Ramses II  https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/51924/Renovation-of-discovered-head-of-Ramses-II-completed
15/06/2018 The Dream Stela of ancient Egypt  https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/06/dream-stela-of-ancient-egypt-re-created-by-harvard-students/
15/06/2018  Ancient Egypt: 3000 year old hieroglyphic formed writing discovered in desert http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-3000-year-old-rock-art-early-form-hieroglyphs-discovered-desert-976735
24/11/2017  ancient Egyptian artifacts returned to Egypt from Cyprus ministries http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/281863/Heritage/0/-ancient-Egyptian-artefacts-including-amulets,-vas.aspx
21/11/2017 Scientists announce discovery of a hidden chamber in Great Pyramid of Giza   http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/280856/Heritage/0/Scientists-announce-discovery-of-hidden-chamber-in.aspx
21/11/2017 Discovered: New gold treasure from the tomb of Tutankhamun https://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/11/new-treasures-tutankhamuns-tomb/117531
21/11/2017  Discovered Ancient shipwrecks full of ancient Egyptian treasures http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-roman-shipwrecks-full-treasure-and-royal-head-crystal-discovered-egypt-718359
09/11/2017 Latest ancient Egyptian discoveries in Luxor http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/29230/Latest-discoveries-found-in-Luxor
09/11/2017       2,000 year old ancient Egyptian child mummy reveals its secrets http://www.newsweek.com/2000-year-old-ancient-egyptian-child-mummy-revealed-incredible-detail-through-701025
09/11/2017 cursed tomb of pyramid workers opended 30 years after its discovery http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5041033/Would-dare-visit-Cursed-tomb-reopened-public.htm
09/11/2017 Egypt opens up three newly restored tombs in Luxor http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/travel/video-1227080/Egypt-opens-three-newly-restored-tombs-ancient-city-Luxor.html
09/11/2017  ancient remains of pregnant women discovered near ancient Egyptian temple of Hathor located by Kings Solomon Mine http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5043879/Remains-pregnant-woman-King-Solomon-s-Mines.html
09/11/2017 Big void discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41845445
18/10/2017 4000 year old wooden head of a female discovered Saqqara https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/in-egypt-archaeologists-find-part-of-4000-year-old-statue/2017/10/18/9d53b0d4-b3e2-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html?utm_term=.3e652174535b
01/10/2017  Gypsum head of Pharaoh Akhenaten discovered in Tel-El-Amarna http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/278025.aspx
19/09/2017 Archaeologists discover tomb of Royal Goldsmith Amenemhat in Luxor (ancient Thebes) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41213024
19/09/2017  Newly unearthered ancient Egyptian tomb with mummies unveiled in Egypt http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/09/africa/egypt-luxor-ancient-tomb/index.html
19/09/2017 Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh may be the worlds first known giant  https://www.livescience.com/60044-ancient-egyptian-pharaoh-first-human-giant.html
06/08/2017 Five killed while illegally digging for antiquities in Egypt’s Sohag area http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/274570.aspx
06/08/2017 King’s Tut camping bed was an ancient marvel https://www.livescience.com/59999-king-tut-camping-bed-ancient-marvel.html
14/07/2017 Ancient Egyptian warnings, curses and ghosts http://blog.nms.ac.uk/2017/06/23/ancient-egyptian-tomb-warnings-curses-and-ghosts/
14/07/2017 Restoration of king Tuts armor complete  http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/9107/Restoration-of-King-Tut%E2%80%99s-armor-completed
14/07/2017 The most famous ancient Egyptian site you have never heard of http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/3118/The-Most-Famous-Ancient-Egyptian-Site-You-Have-Never-Heard
14/07/2017 The women of Deir-al-Medina http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/3224/Mrs-Naunakhte-An-Ancient-Egyptian-Life-In-Stones
14/07/2017  Seventeen mummies discovered at El-Minya site http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/268686/Heritage/0/Cachette-of–mummies-unearthed-in-Egypts-ElMinya.aspx
14/07/2017 Embalming materials belong to the Middle Kingdom Vizier Ipi discovered on the West Bank http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/269208/Heritage/0/Embalming-materials-for-Middle-Kingdom-vizier-Ipi-.aspx
 14/07/2017 Egypt recovers four ancient Egyptian artefacts from the United Kingdom http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/269514/Heritage/0/Egypt-recovers-four-ancient-Egyptian-artefacts-fro.aspx
14/07/2017 A lintel inscribed with the cartouche of Sesostris II was unearthed at Heryshef temple in Ihnasya http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/269618/Heritage/0/Lintel-bearing-Middle-Kingdom-cartouches-unearthed.aspx
14/07/2017  Inscriptions showing early hieroglypic writings discovered at site in South Luxor http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/271427/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Inscriptions-showing-early-hieroglyphic-writing-di.aspx
14/07/2017 Recreating the aroma on incense in the ancient city https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/06/26/recreating-the-aroma-of-the-ancient-city-incense-and-perfume-in-the-ancient-mediterranean/#3e24002d586a
14/07/2017 Pairing ancient history with fine wine http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2017/06/23/pairing-ancient-history-with-fine-wine
14/07/2017 Salvaging King Khufu’s second Solar Boat http://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.2017.109
06/06/2017 Five things to consider when dealing with Egyptian artifacts https://icon.org.uk/news/5-things-to-consider-when-dealing-with-egyptian-artefacts
06/05/2017  A new look at the pyramids of  ancient Nubia http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meroe-pyramids-sudan-photography
06/05/2017 Two men killed when house collapsed  while they were doing illegal dig http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/266921.aspx
06/05/2017 PHOTO GALLERY of latest discover of 18th Dynasty tomb of magistrate in West Luxor http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentMulti/265198/Multimedia.aspx
06/05/2017 Egyptian archaeologists discover 18th Dynasty tomb of a magistrate in West Luxor http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/265161/Heritage/0/Egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-tomb-of-th-Dynasty.aspx
06/05/2017  Unique funerary garden discovered in ancient Thebes  http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/267024.aspx
12/03/2017 Archaeologists discover 66 statues of Sekmet the lioness goddess http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4294660/Archaeologists-discover-66-statues-Sekhmet-Luxor.html
11/03/2017 dig diary of Joint expedition to Malqata  https://imalqata.wordpress.com/
11.03.2017  Ancient Egyptian statue of Ramses 11 discovered in Cairo dump http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/09/archaeologists-hail-big-discovery-egypt-statue-depicting-ramses/
29/02/2017  Tutankhamun  ancient Egyptian funerary environment http://www.mariarosavaldesogo.com/treasury-tutankhamun/
29/02/2017  Tomos, ancient Kush Achaeological site  Diggers Blog https://tombos.org/blog/
29/02/2017  More secrets scans revealed possible hidden chamber inside Tutankhamun’s tomb http://www.livescience.com/57906-king-tut-tomb-radar-scans.html
 

 

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