Archaeologists have discovered a red granite head believed to represent the 19th dynasty pharaoh Ramses II. The find, measuring 75 cm in height, was made at Tell Basta, about 80 km northeast of Cairo. It is thought to be part of...
The main hall of Egypt’s National Theatre in central Cairo has been destroyed by fire. The blaze broke out early in the evening of 27 September and is said to have been caused by an electrical fault. Three fire fighters had...
Operations to clear the area devastated by the 6 September rockslide have come to an end amid uncertainty over the actual number of dead. An unnamed security official told the international news agency Associated Press that 103 bodies have been recovered,...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has given its backing to ambitious plans to create an underwater archaeological museum near the remains of Cleopatra’s palace in the port of Alexandria on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. The museum, which will...
A school teaching Chinese language and history has opened in Six October City about 30 km northwest of Cairo. The school, built at a cost of $4 million with funding from the Chinese government, is the first institution of its kind...
The death toll from the rockslide in Cairo on 6 September has risen to 61, state news agency MENA has said. No survivors have been found since the day of the tragedy, when large boulders broke away from the steep Muqattam...
At least 37 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a rockslide in the shantytown of Manshiyet Nasser in eastern Cairo. On 6 September at around 09.00 local time huge boulders weighing up to 200 tons each broke away...
Work has begun to restore the Shura Council or upper house of Egypt’s parliament after it was partly destroyed by fire on 19 August. Restoration will be carried out in three stages, with phase one focusing on restoring the main meeting...
Students and staff at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and the general public have the pick of over 20,000 titles at the newly opened AUC press bookshop on the new campus in the New Cairo suburb of the Egyptian capital....
A 20 km fence complete with infrared sensors, security cameras and alarms has been erected around the three Giza pyramids and the Sphinx as part of efforts to keep hawkers and touts away from the area and protect the monuments. Visitors...
