Egyptian Chronicles

On Wednesday, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that an Egyptian archaeological mission had uncovered a massive ancient ...

Ramadan Kareem to all Egyptian Chronicles readers. Before we continue our tale and learn the fate of Princess Atrashan , it is time for ou...

Egypt’s Public Prosecution has officially launched an investigation into the disappearance of a limestone relief from the world-famous Saqqa...

It began with a Facebook post claiming a theft at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and ended with an official statement from the Ministry of In...

Happy Egyptian New Year 6267, Happy Coptic New Year 1742 Today, 11 September, marks “1 Tut,” the first day of the Ancient Egyptian Year 62...

Today, Egypt is officially celebrating Wafaa al-Nil or the Nile Loyalty Festival. If you think this is a newly invented holiday, think aga...

It won’t be the first time, nor will it be the last—but raising awareness is still worthwhile. On 27 July at 1 PM GMT, the Apollo Art Auct...

It is like the last day of Ramadan, and I am really sorry to publish the second part of this post only now. I should have posted earlier i...

Today, on 9/11, we're kicking off the New Ancient Egyptian Year 6265 as per the Gregorian calendar. It's also the start of the Thout...

On that day from hundred years ago, there was a boy who should have been playing like the rest of the boys of his age but instead, he was wo...

On the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the October 1973 war aka Yom Kippur war as well as the 200th anniversary of deciphering Ancient E...

Egypt celebrates on Tuesday the 200 th anniversary of deciphering Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and the creation of Egyptology. Yes, 200 y...

And we continue our short and quick tour in Hatshepsut Mortuary Temple in Luxor’s Deir El-Bahry in February 2012. You can refresh your m...

This time Kodak Agfa is going to present photos taken from a decade ago and it feels so weird and yet so close!! I know I am lazy but for ...

Welcome to the 2021 edition of Egyptian Chronicles' Movers and Shakers. It is time of our annual post Here is my list of those I be...

From a couple of weeks ago, many Egyptians received a notification that their family cemeteries will be demolished as part of the governmen...

In case you do not know, Egypt is on a date on another glitzy ancient Egyptian inspired parade in a few hours. The avenue of the Sphinxes on...

Today marks the national day of Luxor governorate in Egypt. It also marks the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the valley of the Kin...

And because we are in the heart of historical Islamic Cairo, it was not a big surprise to meet a new ancient mosque in the El-Siyada Zeinab ...

On Saturday, Cairo is on a date with one unique procession. Cairo will witness a parade of 22 ancient Egyptian Kings and Queens as they or r...