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Monumental art displayed in shade of Egypt's pyramids

World 10:41 12/11/2025

Installations by renowned international artists including Italy's Michelangelo Pistoletto and Portugal's Alexandre Farto have been erected in the sand under the great pyramids of Giza outside Cairo.

Egypt officially opens grand museum near pyramids

World 10:05 02/11/2025

Egypt officially opened on Saturday the Grand Egyptian Museum, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Cairo hopes will revive tourism and boost its battered economy.

After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum

World 14:37 31/10/2025

With much pomp and circumstance, Cairo is due to inaugurate on Saturday the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, widely presented as the crowning jewel on authorities' efforts to overhaul the country's vital tourism industry.

Egypt opens one of Valley of the Kings' largest tombs to public

World 09:03 05/10/2025

The tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, one of the largest in southern Egypt's Valley of the Kings and Queens, was officially opened to the public Saturday after years of restoration.

Tourism deal puts one of Egypt's last wild shores at risk

World 16:13 18/08/2025

In Egypt's Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea's last wild shores.

Ancient Egyptian man's genome reveals his society's cross-cultural ties

World 10:29 04/07/2025

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing evidence of the ties between two great cultures of the period, with a fifth of his genetic ancestry traced to Mesopotamia.

'In our blood': Egyptian women reclaim belly dance from stigma

World 15:02 01/07/2025

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of their artistic heritage.