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Latest news and world events from Egypt. A North African country with a rich and ancient history, monuments like the Nile River Valley, Giza's Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, and Valley of the Kings tombs still prove popular with tourists. Egypt's capital, Cairo, has a population of around 9.5 million.

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First victim of Red Sea boat blaze that killed three Brits named as hospice boss

First victim of Red Sea boat blaze that killed three Brits named as hospice boss

Channel: UK UK June 15, 2023 By Sam Corbishley
Vladimir Popov was killed by a tiger shark in Hurghada, Egypt

Body parts of Russian man eaten alive found inside shark after capture

Channel: World World June 13, 2023 By Sam Courtney-Guy
Play Video Plumes of smoke erupt from a yacht on fire in Marsa Alam, Egypt, June 11, 2023 in this screengrab taken from a handout video. Mohamed Al-Saif/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.

Three British passengers missing after boat caught fire confirmed dead

Channel: UK UK June 12, 2023 By Liam Coleman

Tourist boat carrying British passengers bursts into flames in Egypt

Channel: UK UK June 11, 2023 By Liam Coleman
Man dies after shark attack off Red Sea resort in Egypt

Swimmer screamed for help as he was mauled to death ‘in 20 seconds’ by shark

Channel: News News June 9, 2023 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Mostafa Abdo Sadek, the overseer of diggers,observes a newly discovered sarcophagus in the Saqqara necropolis, where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops as well as two tombs, south of Cairo on May 27, 2023. The head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, told reporters the embalming workshops, where humans and animals were mummified, "date back to the 30th dynasty" which reigned around 2,400 years ago. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Ancient Egyptian necropolis reveals more stunning finds - including mummification workshop

Channel: Tech Tech May 29, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

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Channel: Travel Travel August 29, 2023 By Elizabeth Atkin
Egyptian lawyer sues Netflix for 'blackwashing history' in Netflix documentary NETFLIX

Queen Cleopatra actress brands casting backlash 'fundamentally racist' following criticism

Channel: TV TV May 11, 2023 By Stella Akinwumi
Egyptian lawyer sues Netflix for 'blackwashing history' in Netflix documentary NETFLIX

Egyptian lawyer sues Netflix for ‘blackwashing history’ in Cleopatra documentary

Channel: TV TV April 20, 2023 By Ruth Lawes
NAZLET KHATER, UPPER EGYPT, EGYPT An ancient Egyptian who lived 30,000 years before the earliest Pharoah can be seen for the first time in millennia after his face was rebuilt by scientists (Credit: Cicero Moraes/Moacir Santos/Pen News) (Pen News ?25, ?15, ?10 online) (Contact editor@pennews.co.uk/07595759112)

Face of Egyptian man who died 35,000 years ago, brought to life by scientists

Channel: Tech Tech March 31, 2023 By Metro Science Reporter
epa10545975 An undated handout photo made available by the Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities shows a view of the new discovery of more than 2,000 mummified rams' heads at the Temple of Ramses II in Abydos, southern Egypt (issued 27 March 2023). Archeologists from the University of New York discovered the heads while working in the area of the ancient Egyptian temple, the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said. The ram skulls are believed to be more than 2,000 years old, dating back to the Ptolemaic period, and considered to be 'offerings' in tribute to the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses the Great. EPA/Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Over 2,000 mummified ram skulls discovered in ancient Egyptian temple

Channel: Tech Tech March 28, 2023 By Metro Science Reporter
Egypt arrests 'dozens of LGBTQ+ people and find others by hacking Grindr accounts'

LGBTQ+ people in Egypt ‘terrified’ after police ‘use dating apps to arrest dozens’

Channel: News News March 24, 2023 By Josh Milton
Egypt Archaeological Discovery

Archaeologists in Egypt unearth Sphinx-like roman-era statue

Channel: Tech Tech March 6, 2023 By Metro Science Reporter
Scan reveals mysterious, previously undiscovered corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza

Scientists find hidden corridor in 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza

Channel: Tech Tech March 3, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu
King Tutankhamun

The century-long journey behind demystifying King Tutankhamun

Channel: Tech Tech February 16, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Egyptian TikTokers arrested for prison-visit parody video

Channel: World World February 4, 2023 By Will Neal
This illustration provided by Nikola Nevenov in January 2023 depicts an embalming process in an underground chamber in Saqqara, Egypt. For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead to help them reach eternal life. According to study??published Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in the journal Nature, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they did it. (Nikola Nevenov via AP)

2,500-year-old workshop reveals how ancient Egyptians mummified the dead

Channel: Tech Tech February 2, 2023 By Metro Science Reporter
Egyptian tomb

4,300-year-old mummy covered in gold discovered in Egypt

Channel: Tech Tech January 27, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 18, 2006: (CHINA OUT) A mummy from ancient Egypt on dispaly at the exhibition of treasures of the British Museum to be held in the Capital Museum on March 18, 2006 in Beijing, China. The show, with 272 exhibits in 115 sets, will begin on March 18. The exhibition will serve as an opportunity for Chinese visitors to the show to have a close contact with the ancient civilizations. (Photo by VCG via Getty Images)

Museums remove the word 'mummy' from exhibits because of colonial implication

Channel: Tech Tech January 24, 2023 By Jeff Parsons
Undated Cairo University handout photo of showing four stages of a mummy being "digitally unwrapped" by scientists. Issue date: Tuesday January 24, 2023. PA Photo. Wealthy ancient Egyptians were given scores of amulets when they were mummified in the hope it would speed their journey to the afterlife, a study suggests. Scientists have ???digitally unwrapped??? the mummified body of a wealthy ancient Egyptian ???golden boy??? from 2,300 years ago and found 49 amulets of 21 different types on him. See PA story SCIENCE Egyptian . Photo credit should read: SN Saleem/SA Seddik/M el-Halwagy/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Scientists digitally unwrap a 2,300-year-old 'golden boy' mummy

Channel: Tech Tech January 24, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

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