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2.6.2008 SCA
H.E. Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, announced that an Egyptian archaeological team from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has discovered the well-preserved remains of a limestone wine factory dated to the Byzantine era (sixth century AD), during routine work in the area of Sayl al-Tuhfah, west of Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai.
15.4.2008
H.E. Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, announced that an Egyptian mission will run the first underwater survey project in the River Nile, the survey will take place in the area between Aswan and Luxor, in the coming few months.
15.4.2008 SCA
H.E. Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, announced that a quartzite ushabti figure and the cartouche of King Seti I, second king of the 19th Dynasty (1314-1304 BC), were found inside the corridor of the tomb of Seti I (KV 17) in the Valley of the Kings on Luxor’s west bank.
15.4.2008 SCA
H.E. Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, announced that two golden coins of the Byzantine emperor Valens (r. AD 364-378) were unearthed early this week in the Sayl al-Tuhfah area in Gebel Abbas, located west of Saint Catherine’s monastery in Sinai. He added that these coins were found during routine excavations carried out by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).
3.4.2008
Announcing a one day symposium to celebrate Fifty Years of the Egyptian-Czech Collaboration in Archaeology. In conjunction with the symposium, there will be an exhibition in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Czech (formerly Czechoslovak) Institute of Egyptology. All objects on display are from the Czech excavation/concession in Abusir.
21.2.2008 SCA
Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced that an intact 11th dynasty burial of a man called Iker has been unearthed in the Dra Abu el Naga area on Luxor's west bank.
2.2.2008 SCA
Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), announced that the mission of the California University has discovered the ruins of a city dating back to 5000 B.C. at Kom Oshim, Fayoum, in the course of the survey of this historical area.
23.1.2008 SCA
Dr Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced that a Russian-American archaeological mission has discovered a group of well-preserved Roman and Ptolemaic mummies covered with cartonage, during their routine excavation work at Deir El Banat necropolis in Fayoum.
17.1.2008 SCA
The University Museum at Southern Illinois University in the United States handed over a Ptolemaic bronze cat reliquary to the Egyptian Embassy in New York earlier this week.
16.1.2008 SCA
The World Travel Awards (WTA) chose the Giza pyramids as the world’s leading attraction in December 2007 during its fourteenth annual ceremony held at the Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort and Spa in the Caribbean. This award was announced by H.E. Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture.
11.1.2008
At the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, the members of the institute are, together with the heads of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, preparing several events in the Czech Republic as well as in Egypt to commemorate this anniversary. The first of four exhibitions was opened on November 27th, 2007.
6.11.2007 SCA
The face of King Tutankhamun has been revealed as Dr. Zahi Hawass secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) did remove the mummy of king Tutankhamun from its sarcophagus, now at his tomb in the Valley of the Kings to a plexi-glass showcase equipped with the state-of-the art equipment to control the rate of humidity and heat. Culture minister Farouk Hosni announced today.
28.6.2007 SCA
With the approval of the Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, an Egyptian archaeological mission led by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), identified the mummy of queen Hatshepsut inside tomb KV 60 in the Valley of the Kings on Luxor’s west bank. It is a very important and significant discovery executed by an Egyptian scientific and archeological team.
22.5.2007 SCA
Farouk Hosni, Egypt’s Culture minister, announced that the Belgian archaeological team from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven discovered an intact tomb belonging to a certain Henu in Deir Al-Bersha necropolis in Minya during their excavation work.
9.4.2007 SCA
Egypt’s Culture minister Farouk Hosni announced that an Egyptian archeological expedition from the SCA unearthed remains of lava of the volcano of Thera – which erupted in the Mediterranean Sea around 1500 BC, destroying several cities along the Palestinian and Egyptian coastline – inside the ancient Egyptian fortress of Tharo at the Horus military road in Qantara East in North Sinai.
6.4.2007 SCA
Farouk Hosni, Egypt’s Minister of Culture, announced that a complete restoration project has been started at Djoser’s step pyramid following three years of comprehensive scientific and architectural studies.
31.3.2007 SCA
A quartzite stela of Amun Re’s high priest was unearthed during a routine excavation work carried out by an Egyptian mission in the avenue of ram-headed sphinxes, which had once related both Karnak and Luxor Temples.
31.3.2007 SCA
The first necropolis ever found dedicated to dentists has been discovered early this month in Saqqara while digging the area located west to the first dynasty tombs.
31.3.2007 SCA
Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), stated that the Dutch mission found the tomb of Betah–em–weya, king Akhenaten’s seal bearer during their excavation work in the Saqqara necropolis.
31.3.2007 SCA
Farouk Hosni, Egypt’s minister of culture, announced that four splendid painted wooden coffins from the Middle and New Kingdoms were unearthed in Saqqara necropolis by Japanese excavators from Wasseda University during their routine excavation work.
30.3.2007 SCA
Egyptian Culture minister Farouk Hosni announced that instruments used in the funeral of Queen Hatsepsut’s chief of works in Thebes Djehuty were found by a Spanish–Egyptian team working in Djehuty’s tomb in Dra-Abu el Naga area in Luxor’s west bank.
30.3.2007
Farouk Hosni, Culture minister announced that Egypt succeeded to receive back two food alabaster boxes in the shape of ducks, which have been excavated by Dr. Dieter Arnold in 1979 from the pyramid complex of Amenemhat III at Dahshur. These were reconstructed, then taken immediately to the magazines at Saqqara and stored there.
8.9.2006 SCA
Farouk Hosni, Egypt’s minister of culture, announced that the survey mission of the supreme council of Antiquities succeed to discover 7 rock drawings dated back to the prehistorical period in the area of Wadi el-Doum and Wadi el-Resses which is located 80 km from the Ain al-Sokhna city.
8.9.2006 SCA
The Supreme Council of Antiquities managed to stop selling an artifact which was exhibited in Cresty Hall in New York. The artifact dates back to the Middle Kingdom, specifically the reign of King Amenmehat III. It has the shape of a duck and contained offerings.
8.9.2006 SCA, photo Mohamed Megahed
The red granite statue of Ramses II now stands before the Babul Hadid Train Station in downtown Cairo. It is one of the most splendid statues carved for this renowned pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty, who lived for 90 years and ruled Egypt for 67 years.
7.8.2006 SCA
Last month President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt inaugurated the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo. The private opening of this landmark building was well attended, with a tour given by Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, and Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), around the museum’s 26 halls displaying 13,000 splendid artifacts relating Egypt’s Coptic history from the 4th century AD until modern times.
13.7.2006 SCA
Culture minister of Egypt Farouk Hosni announced today that the Egyptian archeological mission working in the Pompey Pillar zone in Alexandria succeeded to discover a Greek inscription on a block written during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (180-161 B.C). The inscription was accidentally found during the mission's routine excavation works.
30.6.2006 SCA
Farouk Hosni, Egypt's minister of culture stated that the polish archaeological team in the northern Nile Delta at Tell al-Farkha, made a stunning discovery. The most interesting results received till now were the oldest breweries found in the Nile Delta "from a period of about 3500 BC". The team has also found warehouses connected with the Naqada culture, dated to Naqada II D – III A period and a small late predynastic – Early dynastic cemetery with 33 graves belonging to middle and lower social class.
30.6.2006 SCA
The Egyptian archeological mission has discovered two sarcophagi near the great pyramids of Giza.
30.6.2006 SCA
Following the groundbreaking discovery of tomb KV63, five meters far from the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun, Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), and Dr. Otto Shaden from Memphis University and the discoverer of this tomb have opened today the last sarcophagus out of seven discovered in the tomb. Inside the sarcophagus, embalming materials, different from those previously found, have been revealed. They include gilded collars ornamented with flowers that were put on the deceased, sticks, golden shreds, clay fragment and a number of linen pieces. Resin and natron have been also found.