Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old BREWERY in ancient Egyptian city of Abydos 

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old brewery that could produce thousands of litres of beer in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos.  The site, in Egypt’s Sohag Governorate, likely dates back to around 3,100 BC, the tourism and antiquities ministry said in a statement on Saturday.  Dr Matthew Adams, one of the leaders of the Egyptian-American … Read more

Fall like an Egyptian… Stunning video footage shows skydivers dropping in on the Pyramids at Giza 

Fall like an Egyptian… Stunning video footage shows skydivers dropping in on the Pyramids at Giza Yair Gallardo, 43, jumped from an Egyptian Air Force C-130 over the Pyramids He and his team were granted permission for the jump into the historic site  The Mexican daredevil free fell with the team until the pyramids were … Read more

Scientists use new technique to uncover clues about the identity of a 1,900-year-old Egyptian mummy

A team of scientists has pioneered a new method to uncover clues about an 1,900-year-old mummy without damaging the ancient corpse.  CT scans and X-rays were combined for the first time to study an Egyptian mummy that was discovered in Hawara, an archaeological site in Egypt.  While X-ray technology has been used to examine mummies … Read more

Egyptian singer faces lawsuit for ‘insulting his country’

An Egyptian singer faces a lawsuit for ‘insulting his country’ after he posed with two Israeli celebrities on a rooftop in Dubai.  Mohamed Ramadan, 32, was pictured earlier this month with his arm around Omer Adam, 27, in Dubai, a member of the United Arab Emirates which signed a normalisation deal with Israel in September.  … Read more

Egyptian security officials will face trial for allegedly killing and torturing Cambridge student

Egyptian security officials will face trial for allegedly killing Cambridge student who was tortured so badly his mother had to identify him by the tip of his nose Giulio Regeni’s tortured body was found on a roadside in Cairo in 2016 He suffered many broken bones and had letters carved into his skin The PhD … Read more

Egyptian officials unveil 100 sarcophagi found in vast necropolis near Cairo

Egyptian antiquities officials on Saturday announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins, some with mummies inside, and around 40 gilded statues in a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of Cairo. The colourful, sealed sarcophagi and statues that were buried more than 2,500 years ago were displayed in a makeshift exhibit at the feet of … Read more

Ancient Egyptian mummies unearthed 400 years ago are revealed for the first time

Secrets from within the shrouds of three ancient Egyptian mummies, first discovered in 1615, have been revealed for the first time thanks to CT scans.  A man in his twenties, a woman in her thirties and a teenage girl aged between 17 and 19 were inside the plaster-covered remains, buried with jewellery, gold coins and … Read more

Egyptian student runs over and injures Ukrainian family

Horrifying moment Egyptian student out on bail for stabbing a girl runs over a Ukrainian family as they waited to cross a road, leaving them seriously injured Student Ali Hendy slammed into pedestrians in his out-of-control Volkswagen Kharkiv crash left a woman in a coma and a nine-year-old boy with broken legs The Egyptian motorist … Read more

Face of an Egyptian boy shown in ‘mummy portrait’ is reconstructed a using CT scanner

A ‘mummy portrait’ was found fixed on an ancient Egyptian casket that belonged to a young boy who died between 50 BC and 100 AD – and researches set out to see how accurate it is to his real face. Using a CT scanner, the team uploaded a virtual construction of the child’s skull, still … Read more

Archaeology: Egyptian experts unearth 13 sealed wooden coffins in the desert necropolis of Saqqara

Archaeologists have uncovered 13 completely sealed wooden coffins in the desert necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt, that date back around 2,500 years. Located 19 miles south of Cairo, the vast burial complex — which features the step pyramid of Djoser and flat-roofed tombs — served the ancient capital of Memphis. While thousands of sarcophagi have been found interred … Read more