Tag: Pharaohs
New tests debunk theory of hidden Tutankhamun chambers
CAIRO: Egypt's antiquities ministry said that tests had debunked a theory that there are hidden chambers next to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the...
Colossus of ancient Egyptian King Ramses shifted carefully to new home
CAIRO: Egypt moved an 83-tonne, 3,200-year-old statue of King Ramses II to the atrium of Cairo’s new Grand Egyptian Museum in a complex operation...
New mummy, artefacts discovered from tombs in ancient Luxor
LUXOR: Egypt’s authorities revealed artefacts and a linen-wrapped mummified body, possibly that of a top official from two tombs that were discovered two decades...
Fragmented statues of lion goddess discovered in southern Egypt
CAIRO: An Egyptian-European mission has discovered 27 fragmented statues of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet across the Nile from Egypt’s southern city of Luxor, the...
