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Egyptian families shop for Ramadan decorations at a market in Cairo. EPA

Egyptians embrace Ramadan spirit despite Covid-19

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Egypt bus crash kills 20

Egypt

Cairo International Film Festival 2021 announces dates

Film

Sudan’s Hamdok invites Egyptian and Ethiopian leaders to meet over disputed dam

Egypt

Egypt Ramadan cannon fires for first time in 30 years

Egypt
A mummy dated back to the Greco-Roman Period, discovered in a cemetery, is seen displayed in Bahariya Oases near village of Bawity, Egypt March 20, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany REFILE - CORRECTING LOCATION

Greco-Roman mummies on display in Egypt's Bahariya Oasis - in pictures
The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), left, and the guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) sail behind the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during a Suez Canal transit, in this picture taken April 2, 2021 and released by U.S. Navy on April 3, 2021. Sophie A. Pinkham/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS- THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Suez Canal traffic jam clears, a week after grounded 'Ever Given' freed
The mummy of Ramesses II, son of Seti I, on display at the Cairo Museum in April 2006. The mummy was discovered with the other royal mummies in the Deir el Bahari hiding place. Getty Images

Seven of Egypt's most famous mummies and their incredible histories
The remains of Queen Hatshepsut, one of 22 mummified ancient rulers due to be paraded through Cairo on Saturday. AFP

March of the mummies: Egypt prepares to parade historical riches
epa09089481 A tourist watches the sunrise outside a church on the top of Mount Moses, Saint Catherine city, South Sinai, Egypt, 20 March 2021(issued 22 March 2021). Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani met up with Taba investors to talk with them through the problems they face in order to promote domestic tourism during his visit to attend the celebration of the 32nd anniversary of Taba’s return to Egyptian lands. Egyptian tourism sector which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic had received between 270,000 and 290,000 tourists on a monthly basis, equivalent to 10,000 tourists a day in the last three months of 2020, according to Al-Anani. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI

Misty vistas of Sinai - in pictures
A combination of satellite images shows the Gulf of Suez on March 21, and the same area with a build-up of waiting ships on March 25. ESA via Reuters.

Suez Canal crisis from space: see shipping backlog in satellite images

Islam Mohammed Ibrahim Battah, an Egyptian with a striking resemblance to BarcelonaÕs forward Lionel Messi, poses for a photograph with boys, in the Nile Delta city of Zagazig, north of Cairo, Egypt March 23, 2021. Picture taken March 23, 2021. REUTERS/Sherif Fahmy

Lionel Messi lookalike spotted in Egypt - in pictures
People slide down the small salt hills in the canal city of Port Fouad, Egypt March 12, 2021. Picture taken March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Sliding down salt hills in Egypt - in pictures
Tugboats pull the container ship 'Ever Given' after it was fully dislodged from the banks of the Suez Canal. Suez Canal Authority / AFP

Egypt seeks out-of-court financial settlement with owners of 'Ever Given' ship

Egypt
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry spoke to the news media their meeting in Cairo. Russian Foreign Ministry / Handout via Reuters

Russia offers technical help to break Nile dam dispute deadlock

Egypt
This picture taken on April 10, 2021 shows a view of a colonnade at the Mortuary Temple of the 20th dynasty pharaoh Ramses III (1186-1155 BC) at Medinet Habu, on the west bank of the Nile outside Egypt's southern city of Luxor. / AFP / Khaled DESOUKI

Medinet Habu and Colossi of Memnon - Egyptian archaeology in pictures

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Bedouin area view at 9 Pyramids Lounge. courtesy: Orascom Pyramids Entertainment

9 Pyramids Lounge: a visit to the first restaurant on Egypt's Giza plateau

Food
Egypt’s High Court in downtown Cairo. AFP

Egyptian molester sentenced to eight years in prison

Egypt
People inspect the scene of a train crash in Egypt's Sohag province on March 26, 2021. EPA

Sohag train tragedy: Egyptian investigators find trail of negligence

Egypt
A  satellite image of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam across the Blue Nile, in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. AP

Nile dam: Sudan says Ethiopia info-sharing offer 'suspicious'

Egypt
Workers carrying a fossilised fish uncovered at the site of a 3,000-year-old city uncovered by the Egyptian mission near Luxor, home of the legendary Valley of the Kings. AFP

Egypt offers first look at Luxor's 'lost golden city'

Egypt
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to focus on the renewable energy and technology sectors. Ken James / Bloomberg

EBRD set to invest more than €2bn in Mena region in 2021

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A new archaeological discovery is seen in Luxor, Egypt, in this undated handout photo. Zahi Hawass Center for Egyptology and High Council of Antiquities Joint Mission/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Egypt announces discovery of major 'lost city' in Luxor

Egypt
A worker sprays disinfectant inside Al Hussein mosque in Cairo as it is prepared for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan in 2021. Reuters.

Ramadan 2021 in Egypt: Covid-19 rules and all you need to know

Egypt
Cairo Economic Court imposed a one-million Egyptian pound fine on Al Nahar TV channel after a presenter made derogatory comments towards Merhan Keller, 30, on his live television show in June 2019. Pawan Singh / The National 

Egyptian court orders TV station to pay $60,000 to model for derogatory comments

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