Huge tomb found at Egypt's Saqqara pyramid

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:33:00 -0500

CAIRO – Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the largest tomb yet discovered in the ancient Saqqara necropolis, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on Monday.

One of two tombs found, which were carved out of stone, consists of a vast chamber that branches off into many alcoves. One alcove contained skeletons and pottery, and led to another chamber with a seven-metre-deep (23-foot) well.

"This is the largest tomb in Saqqara," Hawass told AFP. "It took me two hours to look round all of it."

At the northern end of the tomb, Hawass said archaeologists found another alcove that contained mummified falcons -- symbols of the sky god Horus -- and well-preserved pottery.

However, he said the tomb did appear to have been looted.

Pottery was found in the other, much smaller, tomb.

"This discovery... confirms that the Saqqara area still contains undiscovered secrets," Hawass said.

Egypt Information

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Egyptian British Hospital

25 Mohamed El-Gatwari St, Smouha, Alexandria,EgyptTel: + 20 3 427 4777/ 427 0355Fax: + 20 3 425 2055 ...

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)

2 Midan Simón Bolívar, Garden City, Cairo, 11461EgyptTel: 20 2 794 8239Fax: 20 2 795 3052web site linkemail link ...

Exchange rates for the Egyptian pounds (EGP)

Egyptian pounds (EGP) per US dollar - 5.67 (2007), 5.725 (2006), 5.78 (2005), 6.1962 (2004), 5.8509 (2003) ...

Unemployment rate For Egypt

Unemployment rate For Egypt is 9.1% (2007 est.) ...

Political parties and leaders in Egypt

National Democratic Party or NDP (governing party) [Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK]; National Progressive Unionist Grouping or Tagammu [Rifaat EL-SAID]; New Wafd Party or NWP [Mahmoud ABAZA]; ...

Legal system of Egypt

Legal system of Egyp is based on Islamic and civil law (particularly Napoleonic codes); judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State (oversees validity ...

Administrative divisions in Egypt

Administrative divisions in Egypt includes 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea), Al Buhayrah (El Beheira), Al Fayyum ...

Literacy Levels in Egypt

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 71.4% male: 83% female: 59.4% (2005 est.) ...

List of Languages in Egypt

List of Languages in Egypt includes Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes ...

List of Religions in Egypt

List of Religions in Egypt includes Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1% ...

List of Ethnic groups in Egypt

List of Ethnic groups in Egypt includesEgyptian 99.6%, other 0.4% (2006 census) ...

List of Major infectious diseases in Egypt

degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever water contact disease: schistosomiasis note: highly pathogenic ...

Age structure in Egypt

0-14 years: 31.8% (male 13,292,961/female 12,690,711) 15-64 years: 63.5% (male 26,257,440/female 25,627,390) 65 years and over: 4.7% (male 1,636,560/female 2,208,455) (2008 est.) ...

The Population of Egypt

The Population of Egypt is 81,713,520 (July 2008 est.) ...

Current Environmental Issues in Egypt

Current Environmental Issues in Egypt includes agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution ...

Natural hazards in Egypt

Natural hazards in Egypt includes periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms ...

Egypt Natural resources

The Natural resources of Egypt consist of petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc ...

Egypt Terrain

Egypt Terrain is vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta ...

Egypt Climate

Egypt Climate is desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winter ...

Egypt: Land boundaries

total: 2,665 km border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km, Sudan 1,273 km ...

Egypt Location

Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula ...

Egypt

Egypt is a country in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge to Western Asia. Covering an area of about 1,010,000 square ...

Flag of Egypt

three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; the national emblem (a gold Eagle of Saladin facing the hoist side with a shield ...

Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchange - Cairo, Egypt

Egypt's Stock Exchange (CASE) is comprised of two exchanges, Cairo and Alexandria, both of which are governed by the same board of directors and share ...

List of airports in Egypt

City served/location ICAO IATA Airport name Civil Airports Abu el-Ghradieq Abu el-Ghradieq Airport Abu Rudeis ...

List of hospitals in Egypt

This is a list of hospitals in Egypt. Student Hospital Alexandria269 Al-Horriyah Road, Sidi Gaber, Alexandria,EgyptTel: 20-420-1573 ... Full story ...

List of News Agencies in Egypt

News agency Middle East News Agency (MENA) - state-run ...

List of Radio Stations in Egypt

Radio Egypt Radio Television (TV) Union (ERTU) - state-run, operates eight national networks and external services Radio Cairo and Voice of the Arabs Nile ...

List of Television (TV) Stations in Egypt

Television (TV) Egypt Radio Television (TV) Union (ERTU) - state-run, operates domestic and satellite networks, including Nile TV International and Nile TV thematic ...

List of Newspapers in Egypt

The press Al-Ahram - state-owned daily, the oldest newspaper in the Arab world Al-Ahram Weekly - English-language Al-Jumhuriyah - state-owned daily Al-Akhbar - semi state-owned ...

Cities in Egypt

This is a list of the most important and largest cities and towns in Egypt:Akhmim Al `Alamayn (El Alamein) Alexandria Al `Arish Al Fayyum Aswan ...

35 Egyptian police hurt as football violence simmers

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:32:00 -0500

CAIRO (AFP) – Protesters injured dozens of police near the Algerian embassy in Egypt's capital on Friday, fanning the flames of a diplomatic spat that erupted after Algeria won a football World Cup qualifier.

Thirty-five police were hurt and 15 cars were damaged in the violence as demonstrators hurled stones and firebombs, a police official said.

Authorities gave no details on the number of protesters hurt, but said 20 had been arrested.

Protests erupted late on Thursday following Egypt's 1-0 defeat the previous night in a play-off in the Sudanese capital. They turned violent early on Friday after reports that Egyptians had been attacked in Khartoum.

The Cairo demonstrators burned Algerian flags, chanted anti-Algerian slogans and sang the Egyptian national anthem.

"We should treat Algeria like any country that has declared war on us," said Amr Higazi, a university student holding a placard calling for the expulsion of the Algerian ambassador.

By the afternoon, riot police blocked access to the street to the Algerian mission, in the affluent Nile River island district of Zamalek, and herded away about 30 protesters, some of whom trampled upon and burned Algerian flags.

Egyptian leaders also weighed in after fans said stones were thrown at their buses on Wednesday as they headed for Khartoum airport after the 1-0 defeat.

Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali said 21 Egyptians were lightly injured. That figure was disputed by Sudanese police, who said that only four were hurt.

Later, in a rare public statement, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's elder son Alaa slammed the Algerian fans as "mercenaries" and said the Egyptian team had faced "terror and self-pressure" in Khartoum.

"There appears to be something strange in the composition of Algeria -- it has spite and malice towards Egypt," he was quoted by state news agency MENA as telling a television sports programme.

The dispute even pervaded the Cairo International Film festival, with actors on the red carpet vigorously condemning Algeria to reporters. Egyptian actors were among the fans who came under attack in Sudan.

"I thought you (Algerians) were a respectable people. You showed otherwise. Barbarians," said one actress.

Amr Mussa, head of the Cairo-based Arab League, appealed for calm.

Related article: FIFA opens disciplinary action against Egypt.

"I call for a return to calm and reason on the Arab street. The affair must be restored to its true proportions, after all the Egyptians like the Algerians are Arabs," Mussa, in Dubai for an economic forum, told AFP.

Egypt recalled its ambassador from Algeria on Thursday for consultations and summoned the Algerian envoy in Cairo to protest against the attacks for the second time after Algerian fans attacked Egyptian firms and homes in Algiers.

Protesters attacked 15 offices belonging to a local subsidiary of Egypt's Orascom Telecom, prompting the company to pull its 25 Egyptian employees and their families out, and twice ransacked the Algiers offices of EgyptAir.

That was in response to an incident before the first match between the two sides in Cairo last week. Several Algerian footballers were hurt when the team bus was stoned en route from the airport to their hotel.

Related article: Arab League urges calm.

After that game, buses carrying Algerian fans were also stoned.

Later Sudan summoned Egypt's envoy in Khartoum to protest against Egyptian media reports of security lapses in Khartoum allowing Algerians to attack Egyptian fans.

Algiers on Friday summoned the Egyptian ambassador to protest at attacks on Algeria by the Egyptian media, APS news agency reported.

It cited Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci as expressing "incomprehension and major concern" at "the escalating media campaign" in Egypt.

The Algerian authorities also said that at least 14 people died and more than 250 were injured in traffic accidents during celebrations following Wednesday's victory.

On Thursday, world football governing body FIFA said it had begun disciplinary proceedings against the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) over the Cairo attack on the Algerian team, which Egyptian security officials insisted had been staged by the Algerians.

Courtroom Egyptian killer gets life

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:15:00 -0500

A man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German courtroom.

The Dresden state court also ruled that Alexander Wiens would not be eligible for early release.

Wiens, 28, admitted stabbing Marwa Sherbini to death at a court hearing involving them both in July.

The crime sparked outrage across the Muslim world. Egypt said justice had been served with the sentence.

Wiens, a Russian-born German citizen, had argued his action was not premeditated.

But prosecutors at the trial, which took place amid tight security, insisted he was motivated by a "hatred of non-Europeans and Muslims".

'Martyr of the hijab'

The case began with an argument in a playground in 2008.

Ms Sherbini, a pharmacist, is said to have asked Wiens to let her child use a playground swing he was sitting on. He refused and instead called her abusive names.

She later took the defendant to court and he was fined 780 euros ($1,170; £718) for defamation.

But when Wiens returned to the courtroom for an appeal hearing on 1 July this year, prosecutors say he smuggled in an 18cm (7in) kitchen knife and stabbed Ms Sherbini at least 16 times with it.

The 31-year-old, who was three months pregnant with her second child, bled to death in front of her husband and their three-year-old son.

Her husband was himself stabbed as he tried to protect his wife, and also accidentally shot in the leg by a security guard who initially believed him to be the attacker.

Wiens was also found guilty of attempted murder and causing bodily harm for this attack.

Egyptian Ambassador Ramzi Izz al-Din told reporters outside court that "justice has been honoured".

He said: "Getting the maximum possible sentence, I think that itself says a lot."

Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said in a statement quoted by AFP news agency: "The verdict, the maximum punishment under German law, serves justice and is considered a warning to those motivated by hate."

Many Muslim leaders had accused Germany of Islamophobia following the killing.

They said the country, which has the second-biggest Muslim population in Western Europe, had been too slow to condemn it.

Ms Sherbini, who wore a headscarf, was dubbed "the martyr of the hijab".

Thousands attended her funeral in Egypt, some chanting "Death to Germany", and there were also mass protests in Iran.

On Wednesday, outside the courtroom, about 200 people staged a demonstration calling for the German government to do more to counter racism, particularly on the internet.

Fertility & Maternity Hospitals in Egypt

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Abd El Kader Fahmy Hospital IVF Center
23 Hassan Aflaton St.
Heliopolis Cairo
Tel: 202 663 138

Adam International Hospital IVF Center
20 Adam St. Mohandesin
Cairo
Tel: 202 360 90 71 /336 74 90 / 349 10 44/ 337 12 85

American Hospital IVF Center
15, Khaled Ebn El Walid St. Sheraton, Heliopolis
Cairo
Tel: +202-267 0702
Fax: +202-267 9638

Cairo Fertility Center IVF Center
20 El Falouga St
Agouza Cairo
Tel: 202 345 99 95

Egypt Air Hospital IVf Center
Beside Almaza Airport
Cairo
Tel: 202 418 10 75

Egyptian IVF-ET Center
3 B St. 161 Hadayek El Maadi
11431 Maadi, Cairo
Tel: (202) 525 49 44
Fax: (202) 525 35 32

Fares Medical Center
43 Adb El Hamid Badawy
St. Heliopolis Cairo
Tel: 202 248 15 28 / 241 19 14

Hasabo International Hospital IVF Center
Ahmed Fakhry St. Madinet
Nasr, Cairo
Tel: 202 270 90 03-04-05

Hawwa International IVF Center
12 Johaina St. Dokki
Cairo
Tel: 202 337 87 96

International Centre for Assisted Conception IVF-ICSI
16, Street No. 107, Maadi Gardens
Cairo
tel: +202-526 0168
Fax: +202-526 0172

Kamal Zaki Shoeir IVF Center
21 Gaber Ibn Hayan St.
Dokki Cairo
Tel: 202 335 42 38 / 335 90 47 / 337 43 60
Fax: 202 360 51 81

Louran International Hospital IVF Center
695 El Horreya St
Alexandria
Tel: 203 572 71 48

Mansoura University Hospital IVF Center
Masoura
Dakahlia

Miami IVF/ICSI Center
301 Gamal Abdel-Naser St., Miami,
Alexandria,
Egypt.
Director: Hisham Saleh, M.D.
Tel: (203)5802791/5550505/ 5550223 /5550224
Fax: (203)4823981
E-mail: hisaleh@alexcomm.net

Mohamed Fayez IVF Center
255, El Hegaz St. Heliopolis
Cairo
Tel: 202 249 17 08

Mohsen Khairy Center IVF Center
21 Amin Samy St.
Kasr Eleiny Cairo
Tel: 202 352 44 14

Moustafa Kamel Military Hospital IVF Center
Alexandria
Dr. Ahmed Roushdy
Dr. Yousef Abd El Azeen
Dr. Ibrahim Abd El Kader
Embryologist: Dr. Amir Victor

Nile Badrawy Hospital IVf Center
P.O. Box 534, Maadi
Cairo
Tel: 202 363 86 68 / 363 86 84

Nozha International Hospital IVF Center
9El Rashidi St. Heliopolise
Cairo
Tel: 202 266 05 55 / 266 39 37/ 266 42 41 / 266 42 42

Raouf Mewafy Center IVF Center
Port Saeid Canal
Tel: 2066 22 46 71

Semouha IVF Center
P.O. Box 1355
21111 Alexandria
Fax: 203 483 363

Shatby Maternity Hospital IVF Center
Alexandria
Tel: 203 572 71 48

Tanta University Hospital IVf Center
Tanta
Gharbia

Egyptian British Hospital

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25 Mohamed El-Gatwari St, Smouha, Alexandria,
Egypt
Tel: + 20 3 427 4777/ 427 0355
Fax: + 20 3 425 2055

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)

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2 Midan Simón Bolívar, Garden City, Cairo, 11461
Egypt
Tel: 20 2 794 8239
Fax: 20 2 795 3052
web site link
email link

Exchange rates for the Egyptian pounds (EGP)

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Egyptian pounds (EGP) per US dollar - 5.67 (2007), 5.725 (2006), 5.78 (2005), 6.1962 (2004), 5.8509 (2003)

Unemployment rate For Egypt

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Unemployment rate For Egypt is 9.1% (2007 est.)

Political parties and leaders in Egypt

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National Democratic Party or NDP (governing party) [Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK]; National Progressive Unionist Grouping or Tagammu [Rifaat EL-SAID]; New Wafd Party or NWP [Mahmoud ABAZA]; Tomorrow Party [Moussa Mustafa MOUSSA]
note: formation of political parties must be approved by the government; only parties with representation in elected bodies are listed