During archaeological excavations carried out at Tabet Al-Motaweh area, west of Alexandria, an Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered a Graeco-Roman pottery workshop and a storage building.
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The archaeological unit at Cairo International Airport — in cooperation with the Cairo Airport Police — seized earlier in the week ten Graeco-Roman and Byzantine coins along with a metal Coptic cross in the possession of a passenger.
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The joint Egyptian-Italian mission working in the vicinity of the Mausoleum of Aga Khan, west of Aswan, uncovered a Greco-Roman rock-cut tomb during work carried out during the last archaeological season.
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A chandelier and nine gold and metal coins from the Byzantine and Ptolemaic periods were seized at the Cairo International Airport before being smuggled abroad on Tuesday.
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A collection of amphoras and lamps from the Byzantine era have been uncovered over the past month under the Tawfiq Andraos palace.
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This area was used as a transit area for travellers, visitors and trade merchants
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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
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The remains of a vast residential settlement and a well-preserved Roman mosaic floor have been unearthed in Alexandria,
reports Nevine El-Aref
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The find at Kom El-Dikka confirms the popularity of ornate design between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD in Roman Alexandria
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A Ptolemaic workshop for boat construction and repair has been uncovered in the Sinai Peninsula
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A collection of mud brick sarcophagi from the Roman period with the remains of mummies has been unearthed in Damietta
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A number of Roman and Byzantine chambers were uncovered in rescue excavations in Alexandria
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A granite sarcophagus and a marble bust were found in a tomb during excavation work on private land in Alexandria
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The crown pillar, first discovered in 2009, will undergo restoration before exhibition
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