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Tomb of a pyramid-age 'keeper of secrets' found at Saqqara
A tomb belonging to a pyramid-age official who held the title of the king's 'keeper of secrets' has been uncovered at Saqqara, the necropolis south of Cairo. The find adds another royal courtier to the record of the men who served Egypt during the pyramid age.
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Hyksos-era complex uncovered at Tell el-Ku'a in the eastern Nile Delta
An Egyptian mission has uncovered a large multi-functional complex dating to the Fifteenth Dynasty, the Hyksos era, at Tell el-Ku'a in Wadi Tumilat in the eastern Nile Delta. The Past reports the find, which adds to a growing picture of settlement in the region during Hyksos rule.
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Roman basilica and marble Aphrodite head found at Ihnasya
An Egyptian team has uncovered a Roman basilica, a large marble head of the goddess Aphrodite and terracotta coin moulds at Ihnasya, ancient Herakleopolis Magna in Middle Egypt. The finds shed light on the town's life under Roman rule.
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Egyptian mission reveals the plan of a Byzantine city in the Dakhla Oasis
An Egyptian mission at Ain el-Sabil in the Dakhla Oasis has uncovered the overall plan of a Byzantine-era city, along with several previously unknown mud-brick structures. The find reveals how the desert settlement was organised.
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Egyptian team uncovers Graeco-Roman burials at Tell Kom Aziza in the Delta
An Egyptian mission excavating the multi-period cemetery at Tell Kom Aziza in Beheira has uncovered a Graeco-Roman section with diverse human funerary practices, The Past reports. The find adds to knowledge of burial customs in the Nile Delta during the centuries of Ptolemaic and Roman rule.
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Egyptian mission uncovers 18 tombs at Marina el-Alamein
An Egyptian mission has discovered 18 tombs at Marina el-Alamein, the site of the Graeco-Roman city of Leukaspis on Egypt's north coast. The find includes 11 deep rock-cut tombs and 7 limestone surface tombs, many still sealed, The Past reports.
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Almost complete funerary assemblage found at ancient Heliopolis
Archaeologists at ancient Heliopolis, in the Matariya district of Cairo, have uncovered an almost complete funerary assemblage beneath a mud-brick burial structure. The Past reports that the group of personal and ritual objects includes an item of copper.
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Egyptian mission documents unusual burials at Tell Quesna in the Delta
An Egyptian mission has documented an unusual funerary practice in a newly discovered tomb at the Tell Quesna necropolis in Menoufia Governorate, in the central Nile Delta. The team found several burials accompanied by pottery, according to The Past.
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The Collector lists seven objects it argues museums should return to Egypt
The Collector has published a feature naming seven ancient Egyptian objects held in overseas museums that it argues should be returned to Egypt, using the November 2025 opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum to renew the repatriation debate.
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A new account revisits the reconstruction of Queen Hetepheres I's furniture
The Past revisits the reconstruction of Queen Hetepheres I's funerary furniture, including her carrying-chair, following George Reisner's discovery of her tomb at Giza in 1925 and the work of William Arnold Stewart. Hetepheres I was the mother of Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid.
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Three rock-cut tombs of early New Kingdom officials found at Saqqara
An Egyptian team has discovered three rock-cut tombs of high officials from the early New Kingdom in the Bubasteion necropolis at Saqqara. The tombs are inscribed with the biographies of the men buried within them.
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Sixteen mummies and a dog reveal centuries of reuse in a Theban tomb
Researchers in Egypt's Theban Necropolis have found sixteen mummified people, the partial remains of at least four more, and a mummified dog in a single tomb. The burials span hundreds of years and reveal a shifting pattern of reuse, from wealthy coffined individuals to later bodies stacked in crowded spaces.
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The Collector recounts how Wallis Budge brought the Book of the Dead to Britain
The Collector has published a feature on E.A. Wallis Budge, the British Egyptologist who acquired the Book of the Dead and brought it to the West. The piece recounts his controversial methods and sets his story against the popular image of the fictional Indiana Jones.
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Archaeologists describe finding a Theban tomb and the fight to protect it from flash floods
An article in The Conversation describes discovering an ancient Egyptian tomb in a necropolis at the foothills of the Theban mountain, where the monuments are extremely vulnerable to flash flooding. It sets out the effort to preserve the site against sudden storms.
2 min readA 3,400-year-old relief shows a pharaoh crushing enemies beneath his chariot
Live Science reports on a roughly 3,400-year-old painted relief fragment showing an Egyptian pharaoh crushing western Asian soldiers beneath his chariot. The carved stone was reused three centuries later as building material for a tomb.
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