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» A Philosophy of Colours - From Al-Ahram Weekly, Alexandria's state-of-the-art and long-awaited National Museum is open.
» Ancient Spice Route Between Egypt and India - Popular Science reports that archaeologists have unearthed at Berenike on the Red Sea the most extensive remains to date from sea trade between India and Egypt during the Roman Empire.
» Antiquities for Sale - From Al-Ahram Weekly, Christie's and Sotheby's are just two of the most famous halls where antiquities are auctioned off every day.
» Crock of Byzantine Gold Found at Abu Sir - From Arabic News Hungarian archaeological team in Abu Sir, west Alexandria, recently unearthed five gold coins and a gold bracelet dating back to the Byzantine age, 4th century CE.
» Egypt Bails Jailed French Archaeologist - From Expatica, Frenchman was arrested at Cairo airport in August 2003 after customs officers found several terracotta figurines and 158 coins in his luggage.
» Egyptian Mirage - A database of 19th-century "studio photographs" of Egypt in the collection of the Griffith Institute, Oxford.
» Egyptians Arrested in Mummy Plot - From the Capital-Journal, a senior Egyptian official and six other government employees have been arrested for trying to sell a mummy to an undercover officer, police said Friday
» Eternal Egypt - Egypt's government and major museums collaborate with IBM to present high-resolution views of artifacts, interactive maps and timelines, and a collection of articles.
» Excavations at Amheida - The Columbia University digging of a settlement in the Dakhleh Oasis from the 3rd millennium BCE Old Kingdom to the 6th century CE early Christian period. Plans, views, reports and bibliography.
» Foundation Metrology - New investigations into the earliest Egyptian measuring systems. Includes: the Saqqara Ostraca and Petrie's 1883 book in online version.
» Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times - Discoveries of the excavation by the University of Michigan (1924-1935) of this village that existed from the mid-3rd century BCE to the end of the 5th century CE.
» Odyssey in Egypt - Excavation in 1996 by Dr. Scott Carroll and Dr. Bas Van Elderen of the Monastery of St. John the Little (founded c.300CE) at Wadi Natun. Diray, photographs and vr(QuickTime).
» Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project - Excavated in Egypt in the early 1900s, these papyri have restored to us lost Greek texts. Oxford University provides an online exhibition, conference proceedings, photographs and published volumes.
» St Catherine's on the List - From Al-Ahram, Greek Orthodox Monastery of St Catherine, one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world.
» The Antiquity of Man - A comprehensive academic website covering the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods of Egypt, hominid evolution, and exposing the vacuum of pseudoscience. Includes: summaries of current academic thinking, research projects and debates.