The 2,400-year-old ancient Egyptian Avenue of the Sphinxes will be opened to the public in October after a painstaking five-year project to restore the historic route to its original splendour, the antiquities ministry has announced.

Egyptian and French archaeologists have unearthed a 2,700-year-old stone gate belonging to Nubian King Shabaka while digging near Luxor's Karnak temple, the ministry of antiquities said on Sunday.

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Egyptian security forces firing tear gas clashed with more than 5,000 rock-throwing protesters in central Cairo late Tuesday, leaving dozens injured in the latest unrest to rattle the country, witness

A breed of cat called the Egyptian Mau worshipped in the days of pharaohs had been a source of inspiration for Egypt’s pharaonic fashion, says an expert.

Suzanne, the wife of deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, has signed documents to hand over her property to the state, Egypt's MENA news agency said.

Suzanne Thabet, the wife of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was on Friday sent to custody for 15 days in connection with charges that she abused her position to make illicit monetary gains, as probe continues into the fortune of the Mubarak family.

Egypt's former tourism minister Zuheir Garranah was sentenced to five years in jail on Tuesday for illegally issuing licences to tourism companies, state TV said.

Violence triggered by rumours of a Muslim-Christian inter-faith romance has claimed 12 lives and left over 220 injured in the Egyptian capital, with mobs setting fire two churches in one of the worst

The death toll from clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Egyptian capital Cairo has risen to 10, state TV said on Sunday.

The clashes in the working class neighbourhood of Imbaba, in northwe

Hundreds of Egyptian political figures, scholars and activists gathered in Cairo on Saturday, in the biggest post-revolt meeting of political forces aimed at "protecting the revolution."