Read more about the article HIDDEN PASSAGE: Ancient Rock-Cut Tunnel Dating Back Over 2,000 Years Unearthed Beneath Ancient Egyptian City
Photo shows statues found near a tunnel that was uncovered at a depth of about 13 metres below the ground during archaeological excavations in the area of the Temple of Tapozeris Magna, west of Alexandria, Egypt, undated photo. The tunnel is about 1,305 metres long and about two metres high. (@tourismandantiq/Newsflash)
Archaeology / History

HIDDEN PASSAGE: Ancient Rock-Cut Tunnel Dating Back Over 2,000 Years Unearthed Beneath Ancient Egyptian City

Archaeologists from the Egyptian Dominican Archaeological Mission have discovered an ancient rock-cut tunnel on the northern coast of Egypt. Photo shows a tunnel uncovered at a depth of about 13 metres below the ground during archaeological excavations in the area of the Temple of Tapozeris Magna, west of Alexandria, Egypt,…

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November 7, 2022
Read more about the article YOU’RE PULLING MY LEG: German Cops Hand Ancient Foot Back To Egyptian Authorities After Finding It On eBay
Image shows an ancient Egyptian mummy foot, undated. It was handed over handed to the Egyptian ambassador in Germany's capital Berlin on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022. (Polizei Krefeld/Newsflash)
Crime

YOU’RE PULLING MY LEG: German Cops Hand Ancient Foot Back To Egyptian Authorities After Finding It On eBay

An ancient mummified foot was handed back to Egypt after it was found on eBay Classified Ads and anonymously reported to police. Police were alerted to the bizarre artefact, which included part of the lower leg, at the end of April. The mummified body part, which an expert later confirmed…

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September 22, 2022
Read more about the article DANCE VIDEO: Egyptian Court Upholds Prison Sentence For TikTok Girl
Egyptian TikToker Mocha Hijazi, whose photographer was sentenced to three years in prison for forcing her to dance in revealing clothes, dances in a bra. (@mokahegazi/Newsflash)
Crime

DANCE VIDEO: Egyptian Court Upholds Prison Sentence For TikTok Girl

A court in Egypt has upheld a one-year prison sentence for a TikTok girl whose dancing videos were branded obscene by authorities. Her sentence came amid an ongoing crackdown on social media content creators in the country. The Child Juvenile Court in Egypt upheld on Tuesday (31st May) the sentence…

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June 5, 2022
Read more about the article MUMMY’S BOY: Egyptian Minister’s Son Faces Death Penalty For Double Murder
Ramy Hany Mounir Fahim, 26, (pictured) the son of Egypt's Minister of Immigration and Expatriate Affairs, Nabila Makram, was charged with double murder for stabbing his co-worker and flatmate in California's Irvine in USA. (@OceanBorne3/Newsflash)
Accidents

MUMMY’S BOY: Egyptian Minister’s Son Faces Death Penalty For Double Murder

The son of Egypt’s immigration minister is facing the death penalty for the premeditated murder of two young men in the USA. Ramy Hany Mounir Fahim, 26 - who lives in Irvine, California - is accused of stabbing his co-worker and a flatmate to death in the nearby city of…

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June 3, 2022
Read more about the article Ancient Egyptian Golden Tongues Used By The Dead To Talk To Osiris Found In Mouths Of Mummies In 2,500 Year Old Tombs
Three golden tongue-shaped amulets found in a human remains from Roman period. (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Newsflash)
History

Ancient Egyptian Golden Tongues Used By The Dead To Talk To Osiris Found In Mouths Of Mummies In 2,500 Year Old Tombs

Three ancient Egyptian golden tongues used by the dead to talk to Osiris on their way to the afterlife have been found in tombs believed to be 2,500 years old. The Spanish archaeological mission uncovered sarcophagi, three golden tongues hundreds of funerary figurines in the famous El Bahnasa archaeological area,…

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December 16, 2021