Egypt
- Archaeological Discoveries In Matariya, Damietta And Kom Abou-billou
Egypt State Information Service "Important cemeteries dating back to the Roman age along with nine statues were unearthed this year among other key discoveries," Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said Monday 21/7/2008. The burial ground found in Giza's...
- 3500 Year Old Tomb At Beni Suef
The State Information Service confirms an earlier report that a new cemetery has been found by a Spanish Mission at Beni Suef: An ancient cemetery was discovered in the governorate of Beni Suef. The cemetery, discovered by a Spanish mission in the Ahnasia...
- Subterranean Vault Dating To 8th Hejira Century
http://tinyurl.com/3bvux7 (sis.gov.eg) "An immense subterranean vault was found beneath the Citadel in Cairo on 7/6/2007, said the Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni. The vault dates back to the era of King Al-Nasser Mohamed Ben Qalawun in the 8th century...
- Archaeological Finds Unearthed In Egypt
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o190825f.htmAn Egyptian State Information Service bulletin: "A joint Egyptian-German mission have found wooden artefact, coins and old manuscripts in Minya governorate, 250 kilometers south of Cairo, Minister of Culture...
- Ancient Grains Warehouses Dating Back To Greek Era Discovered
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o300525e.htm "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced the discovery of grains warehouses dating back to the Greek and Romanian ages. In addition, an old house dating back to the Ptolemaic age and the remnants of...
Egypt
Ancient dinar discovered
http://tinyurl.com/grkvg (Egypt State Information Service)
"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said Friday June 2nd that a research mission has discovered the remnants of a two-room house dating back to the era of Salaheddin El-Ayoubi and a single golden dinar of the same age in Al-Shaboul district of Daqahliya governorate. . . . Old as it is, the coin gains its importance being of the Ayoubi age when minting gold money was a rarity."
See the above page for the rest of the short bulletin.
- Archaeological Discoveries In Matariya, Damietta And Kom Abou-billou
Egypt State Information Service "Important cemeteries dating back to the Roman age along with nine statues were unearthed this year among other key discoveries," Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said Monday 21/7/2008. The burial ground found in Giza's...
- 3500 Year Old Tomb At Beni Suef
The State Information Service confirms an earlier report that a new cemetery has been found by a Spanish Mission at Beni Suef: An ancient cemetery was discovered in the governorate of Beni Suef. The cemetery, discovered by a Spanish mission in the Ahnasia...
- Subterranean Vault Dating To 8th Hejira Century
http://tinyurl.com/3bvux7 (sis.gov.eg) "An immense subterranean vault was found beneath the Citadel in Cairo on 7/6/2007, said the Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni. The vault dates back to the era of King Al-Nasser Mohamed Ben Qalawun in the 8th century...
- Archaeological Finds Unearthed In Egypt
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o190825f.htmAn Egyptian State Information Service bulletin: "A joint Egyptian-German mission have found wooden artefact, coins and old manuscripts in Minya governorate, 250 kilometers south of Cairo, Minister of Culture...
- Ancient Grains Warehouses Dating Back To Greek Era Discovered
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o300525e.htm "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced the discovery of grains warehouses dating back to the Greek and Romanian ages. In addition, an old house dating back to the Ptolemaic age and the remnants of...