Antiquities - Greco-Roman

This area was used as a transit area for travellers, visitors and trade merchants

The 13th-century edifice, called 'Shali' or 'home' in the local Siwi language, was built by Berber populations atop a hill in the pristine Siwa oasis, some 600 kilometres (370 miles) southwest of Cairo

The remains of a vast residential settlement and a well-preserved Roman mosaic floor have been unearthed in Alexandria, reports Nevine El-Aref

The find at Kom El-Dikka confirms the popularity of ornate design between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD in Roman Alexandria

A Ptolemaic workshop for boat construction and repair has been uncovered in the Sinai Peninsula

A collection of mud brick sarcophagi from the Roman period with the remains of mummies has been unearthed in Damietta

A number of Roman and Byzantine chambers were uncovered in rescue excavations in Alexandria

A granite sarcophagus and a marble bust were found in a tomb during excavation work on private land in Alexandria

The crown pillar, first discovered in 2009, will undergo restoration before exhibition

Five mud-brick tombs uncovered in Beir Al-Shaghala necropolis in the Western Desert

An Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered a Roman floor mosaic during excavation work in the Moharam Bek district of Alexandria

The medical recipe uncovered is one of the renowned Greek physician Hippocrates