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People gather on and around the wreckage of two trains that collided in the Tahta district of Sohag province, some 460 kms south of the Egyptian capital Cairo on March 26. By - (AFP/File)

Egypt train crash driver was 'not at the controls': prosecutor

Apr 11, 2021 | Egypt

Neither the driver nor the assistant of an Egyptian train that crashed at speed into another last month were at the cont ...

The excavation team say the ancient city uncovered near Luxor is the

Egyptologists uncover 'lost golden city' buried under the sands

Apr 9, 2021 | Egypt

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient city in the desert outside Luxor that they say is the largest ...

Last week, Egypt transported the mummified remains of ancient kings and queens across Cairo from the Egyptian Museum to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation, a procession that included the bodies of Amenhotep III and his wife Queen Tiye. By Khaled DESOUKI (AFP)

Egyptologists find vast millenia-old 'lost golden city'

Apr 9, 2021 | Egypt

Archaeologists hailed Thursday the discovery of the largest ancient city found in Egypt, buried under sand for milleni ...

The carriage carrying the remains of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, daughter of Pharaoh Seqenenre Tao II, advances as part of the parade of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in Cairo Saturday. By Khaled DESOUKI (AFP)

'Golden Parade' carries pharaohs to new home in Egyptian capital

Apr 4, 2021 | Egypt

A procession of floats carried the mummified remains of 22 pharaohs, including Egypt's most powerful ancient queen, thro ...

Mounted ceremonial policemen stand in waiting along the parade route near the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, in the capital Cairo on Saturday, ahead of the march of the mummies. By Khaled DESOUKI (AFP)

'Golden Parade' of pharaohs to new home starts in Egypt capital

Apr 4, 2021 | Egypt

A procession of floats carrying the mummified remains of 22 pharaohs, including Egypt's most powerful ancient queen, sna ...

Stage set along the parade area near the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square for the parade of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies. By Khaled DESOUKI (AFP)

Stage set for Egypt's pharaonic 'Golden Parade'

Apr 3, 2021 | Egypt

The mummified remains of 22 pharaohs, including Egypt's most powerful ancient queen, were to be paraded through the stre ...

The mummified remains of Pharaoh Seqenenre Taa II,

Egypt gears up for pharaohs' 'Golden Parade'

Apr 3, 2021 | Egypt

The mummified remains of 22 Egyptian pharaohs, including the most powerful ancient queen, are to be paraded through the ...

An Egyptian mummy of pharaoh: 22 kings are queens are to be moved on Saturday to a new museum site. By - (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities/AFP)

March of the Mummies: Egypt readies for Pharaohs' Parade

Apr 1, 2021 | Egypt

The mummified remains of 22 ancient Egyptian kings and queens will be paraded through the streets of Cairo Saturday, in ...

Tugboats pull the Panama-flagged MV Ever Given to unobtrusive sanctuary after its stern and bow were successfully prised from the banks of the Suez Canal. By - (SUEZ CANAL AUTHORITY/AFP)

Egypt's commerce reputation survives Suez blockage: analysts

Mar 31, 2021 | Egypt

The near week-long shutdown of the Suez Canal threw an uncomfortable international spotlight on Egypt, but experts see l ...

Tugboats guide the giant container vessel MV Ever Given through the Suez Canal after it was finally refloated, ending a near week-long closure of the vital trade artery. By - (SUEZ CANAL AUTHORITY/AFP)

Egypt's Sisi promises investment to avoid Suez closure repeat

Mar 30, 2021 | Egypt

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi promised Tuesday that his country would buy equipment to avoid any repetition of ...

This satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies shows tug boats and dredgers attempting to free the MV Ever Given on March 26, 2021, in the Suez Canal. By - (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies/AFP)

Egypt's canal chief says human error could be behind ship's grounding

Mar 27, 2021 | Egypt

Egypt's Suez Canal chief said Saturday that technical or human errors could be behind the grounding of a huge containe ...

People and rescuers gather around the rubble of a building that collapsed in Gesr Giza, east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, on Saturday. By - (AFP)

'Five dead' as building collapses in Egypt

Mar 27, 2021 | Egypt

Five people died and more than 20 were wounded Saturday as a building collapsed in the Egyptian capital Cairo, local aut ...

Twisted metal juts from the wreckage of a train collision that killed at least 32 people and injured more than 160 in southern Egypt. By - (AFP)

Egypt train collision kills 32

Mar 27, 2021 | Egypt

A collision between two trains killed at least 32 people and left more than 160 injured Friday in southern Egypt, a coun ...

A dredger is used as salvage crews work to free MV Ever Given, four days after it blocked the Suez Canal. By - (Suez CANAL/AFP)

Attempt to refloat megaship blocking Egypt's Suez fails: company

Mar 26, 2021 | Egypt

An attempt to refloat a megaship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal failed Friday, the vessel's managers said, as the crisis fo ...

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Global freight chaos as Suez Canal remains blocked by giant tanker

Mar 26, 2021 | Egypt

Tugboats and dredgers were working Friday to free a giant container ship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal for a fourth day, f ...

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