being put on display in a special museum on Giza Plateau, the 4,600-year-old boat that belonged to King Khufu is to be transported to the Grand Egyptian Museum The 45-metre “solar ” – a ritual vessel intended to carry the resurrected king – is believed to have been made for the pharaoh Khufu, also known […]

The Royal Mummies’ Hall of the NMEC opened to the public on Sunday. The Mummies’ Hall is specially designed to display the mummies belonging to kings and queens from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties that ruled ancient Egypt over 3,000 years ago.  Royal Mummies Hall at Cairo’s new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization […]

Egypt has mainly two seasons: winter and summer. Winter starts in November and ends in April, and summer begins in May and lasts until October. Summer in Egypt is dry and might be scorching at certain times of the day, hence now of year is taken into account the off-season for tourism.  While the climate […]