Egypt aborts controversial pyramid renovation plan
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Egypt has scuttled a controversial plan to reinstall ancient granite cladding on the pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the three great pyramids of Giza, a committee formed by the country’s tourism minister said in a statement. Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced the plan last month, […]
Archaeologist hails possibly ‘oldest’ mummy yet found in Egypt
Cairo, EgyptReuters Egyptologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near the capital Cairo containing what may be the oldest and “most complete” mummy yet to be discovered in the country, the excavation team leader said on Thursday. The 4,300-year-old mummy was found at the bottom of a 15-metre shaft in a recently uncovered group of fifth […]
POSTCARDS: EGYPT’S “HISTORY OF HUMANITY” MONUMENTS FACE CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT
MENNA A FAROUK, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Egypt…