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Ancient Egyptian queen’s statues were not destroyed out of hatred but ‘deactivated’, study finds

Hatshepsut statues deactivated

Ancient Egyptian priestess’s remains found in father’s tomb

Egyptian priestess found

Sudan’s cultural heritage is threatened to an 'unprecedented level', Unesco says

Sudan's heritage threatened

‘A milestone in the history of medicine’: ancient Egyptian skull shows possible signs of early cancer surgery

Signs of early cancer surgery

Possible Ancient Egyptian structure identified beside the Giza pyramids

Structure found in Giza

Ancient Egyptians kept baboons in captivity—and then mummified them

Ancient Egyptian baboons

'Where the swords met bone': Archaeological evidence found of Ancient Egyptian rebellion mentioned on the Rosetta Stone

Rebellion in Rosetta Stone

Temple reliefs provide a rare glimpse into how artists made ancient Egyptian art

How artists made Egyptian art

'An important chap': archaeologists in Egypt discover the tomb of an ancient royal treasurer

Royal treasurer tomb found

Ancient Egyptians who could not afford expensive embalming resin may have used mud instead

Egyptians embalmed with mud

Egyptian archaeologists make the 'biggest discovery of 2020'

Biggest discovery of 2020

Trove of ‘perfectly preserved’ painted coffins and mummies discovered at ancient Egyptian necropolis

Coffins and mummies found

Possible unmapped chambers discovered near Tutankhamun’s tomb

New chambers found near Tut

Archaeologists uncover ancient Egyptian princess’s tomb in Dahshur

Egyptian princess tomb found

A reconstruction of the statue

Can colossus save Heliopolis?

Children’s footprints and painted murals preserved at site linked to Biblical exodus

Children footprints and murals

The Village of Deir el-Medina

Egyptian workers had arthritis

Egypt’s Mallawi Museum reopens with looted collection mostly restored

Mallawi museum reopens

Egypt announces ‘discovery of the century’ hidden behind King Tut’s tomb

Hidden chambers in Tut's tomb?

Ancient Egypt 2.0: project launched to scan the pyramids

New project to scan pyramids

Signs point to two hidden rooms at Tutankhamun’s tomb, experts say

Hidden rooms in Tut's tomb

Tutankhamun’s mask and tomb off view to tourists from October for cleaning

Tut mask off view to tourists

The front of the Al-Arish Museum and one side were destroyed

Sinai museum attacked

Egyptian Museum goes back in time

Egyptian Museum back in time

A wall painting from Nefertari's tomb

Egypt reopens Nefertari tomb

A butterfly brooch from the collection

Egyptian royal jewels found

Egypt tracks down suspected looted works to Europe

Looted works tracked to Europe

Egyptian artefacts recovered after looting, now on show in Cairo

Egypt looted artefacts recovered

A mummy family reunion

A mummy family reunion

Controversial security walls help protect Egypt's antiquities

Security wall around antiquities

Cairo to restore Saladin's citadel

Restoring Saladin's Cairo citadel

Mount Sinai monks threatened with deportation

Mount Sinai monks threatened

Looted marble Mask of Gorgon returned to Algeria

Looted Gorgon mask returned

Torched government headquarters to be returned to Egyptian Museum

Government building torched

Colossal kings rebuilt in Luxor

Colossal kings rebuilt

Egypt museums hope grassroots fundraising will prove fertile

Museum's grassroot funding

Sudanese site restored with Italy’s help

Sudanese site restored

Egyptian princess sculpture unearthed in Luxor

Egypt royal statue found

Great Pyramid of Giza vandalised

Giza Pyramid vandalised

Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb discovered by American archaeologists

A Pharaoh's tomb found

Italy comes to the aid of Alexandria

Italy helps Alexandria

Ancient physician’s tomb discovered in Egypt

Egyptian Physician tomb found

Egyptian Museum has big plans despite cash crisis

Egyptian Museum's big plans

Egyptians tweet to save their heritage from looting

Egyptians tweet for heritage

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