A delegation from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities has found what could be the oldest human footprint in history, Zahi Hawass, the Secretary-General for the organization said in a press conference Thursday. The footprint was found in Siwa, an oasis in the western Egyptian desert.

"The print could be two million years old and we are running tests on it, if our expectations are correct, it will be the oldest antiquity on earth," Hawass told reporters.

"The footprint was imprinted on a clay-sand dried surface," he added.

The Council has established a new department for pre-historical antiquities recently to study and search for new discoveries from these eras.

Egypt Finds What Could Be A Two Million-Year-Old Human Footprint, All Headline News, USA, August 17, 2007.

Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said a stolen 4,500-year-old Egyptian relic that was to be included in a New York Christie's auction last year had come back home on Saturday, the official MENA news agency reported Sunday.

In 1979, a German team of archaeologists excavated the duck-shaped vessel from a royal burial chamber at the pyramid of Amenemhat III, the sixth ruler of Egypt's 12th dynasty, which locates in the Egyptian city of Dashur, some 30 km south of the capital of Cairo, said the report.

When the Interpol found the ancient Egyptian artefact in the Christie's auction list in 2006, it informed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the United States...

Stolen ancient Egyptian artefact back home, People's Daily, China, August 20, 2007.

“Take me over Cleopatra’s palace,” I asked the tour-boat operator on a recent visit to Alexandria, Egypt’s Mediterranean metropolis.

“No problem,” the young Egyptian guide said. “You’ll see it all, even the great lighthouse.”

It was a trip through Alexandria’s old harbour. Supposedly, we would be able to gaze into the deep and view sunken remains — Cleopatra’s royal residence as well as a palace she built for liaisons with her lover, Marc Antony, along with remnants of the Pharos lighthouse (one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world), and assorted sphinxes, columns and an obelisk. The half-hour cruise, however, revealed nothing but murky water.

“Well, here’s the new lighthouse,” the tour guide said chirpily, pointing to a lantern set atop a slender rod on a jetty. It’s not one of the Seven Wonders.

After 15 years of hauling priceless relics from in and around its harbour, Alexandria municipal officials and Egyptian antiquity authorities are trying to figure out how to make thousands of artefacts still at the bottom accessible for viewing by the public...

Cleopatra's Sunken Love Nest May Lure More Tourists to Egypt, Daniel Williams, Bloomberg, UK, August 20, 2007.

Ground has been broken on the Government of Egypt’s US$550m (£271m, 400m Euro) Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) development near the renowned Pyramids of Giza.

The 480,000sq m (5,200,000sq ft) site will focus on a 84,000sq m (904,000sq ft) museum building entered via an atrium containing a monumental statue of Ramses II and a grand staircase displaying huge statues of Egyptian Pharaohs.

The third floor of the museum will feature the Permanent Galleries with views to the Pyramids, located 2.5km away.

The centrepiece Gallery of Tutankhamen — approached via a suspended bridge entering the darkened tomb — will display 3,500 pieces belonging to the Young King Tut — the most comprehensive collection worldwide salvaged from the desecrated tomb.

The remaining galleries will show around 100,000 artefacts on the five themes of The Land of Egypt; Kinship and State; Man, Society and Work; Religion and Culture; and Scribes and Knowledge, in a chronological sequence.

A 1,000-seat auditorium will offer theatrical performances, while a wide-screen 3D cinema will show films.

The site will include a 53,000sq m (570,500sq ft) Recreational Park to accommodate leisure and recreational facilities as well as hotels and restaurants...

Grand Egyptian Museum underway, Leisure Opportunities, UK, August 20, 2007.