MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- Today, it’s a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt’s wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on th…
Ancient City by the Sea, Known as Leukaspis or Antiphrae, Rises Amid Egypt’s Resorts
MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- Today, it’s a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt’s wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on th…
UNESCO Adds 21 New Places to World Heritage List
SAO PAULO (AP).- The Bikini Atoll and a silver trade route in Mexico were among 21 new places added to the list of World Heritage sites at the annual meeting of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, which concluded Aug. 2 in Brazil. The additions bring to…
Long Wait Over: After a Seven-Year Facelift Cairo Islamic Art Museum Reopens
CAIRO (REUTERS).- The world’s biggest museum of Islamic art will reopen in Cairo in coming weeks after a seven-year facelift, museum officials said on Wednesday. Tourists flock by the millions to the Pyramids at Giza and the Temples of Luxor dating ba…
Toledo Museum of Art Announces The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb
TOLEDO, OH.- Discover an ancient civilization’s fascinating approach to life and the afterlife at The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, a new exhibition opening Oct. 29 at the Toledo Museum of Art. The installation of more than 150 objects spanni…
Egyptian Archaeologists Discover 4,300-Year-Old Tombs with Vivid Wall Paintings
SAQQARA (AP).- Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday unveiled
a newly-unearthed double tomb with vivid wall paintings in the ancient
necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, saying it could be the start for
uncovering a
vast cemetery in the area. The t…
Egyptian Archaeologists Unveil Discovery of 4,300-Year-Old Tombs with Vivid Wall Paintings
SAQQARA (AP).- Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a newly-unearthed double tomb with vivid wall paintings in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, saying it could be the start for uncovering a vast cemetery in the area. The tomb inclu…