Egyptian governmental ministers, officials, and some 3,000 tourists on Monday celebrated on sun alignment above the Ramses II statue at the Abu Simbel temple in Aswan governorate, southern Egypt. Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany, Tourism Minister Rania al-Mashat, Culture Minister Enas Abdel-Dayem, Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali and Aswan Governor Ahmed Ibrahim attended a dinner party at the Abu Simbel temple on Sunday evening as part of celebrations for the sun alignment.

Paper cutting is the prelude to writing," wrote Hans Christian Andersen in a letter in July 1867. The art of paper cutting was a popular leisure activity during his lifetime. But Andersen s cuts were different. "They were modern," says art historian Detlef Klein. "They are less playful and made with a great sense of purpose."

Amid an approaching freshwater crisis, the first “EU-Egypt Water Cooperation Days” conference was inaugurated on Wednesday, by European Union Ambassador in Cairo Ivan Surkoš, and Egyptian Minister of Water Resources Mohamed Abdel-Ati. The conference, held October 17-18 in conjunction with “Cairo Water Week”, gathered several ambassadors and business leaders to discuss their efforts to foster water security, and improve water services across Egypt.

Four years after its discovery in Deir El-Madina on Luxor s west bank, it has been revealed that a unique tattooed 3,000-year-old mummy belonged to an elite woman or a top official. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, says the discovery is important because this is the first time an Egyptian mummy has been found to have figurative tattoos.

Stephen Hawking s final work, which tackles issues from the existence of God to the potential for time travel, was launched on Monday by his children, who helped complete the book after the British astrophysics giant s death. Hawking was forever being asked the same things and started work on “Brief Answers to the Big Questions” last year — but did not finish it before he died in March, aged 76.

The best — and fairest — way to cap global warming is to empower indigenous forest peoples, reduce food waste and slash meat consumption, an alliance of 38 NGOs said Monday. Restoring natural forest ecosystems, securing the land rights of local communities and revamping the global food system could cut greenhouse emissions 40 percent by mid-century and help humanity avoid climate catastrophe, they argued in a 50-page report based on recent science.

The world s first children s television series about sexual harassment will be screened next year, its Italian makers told AFP Saturday. “Jams” will tell the story of an 11-year-old girl called Joy who is harassed by a powerful family friend, a lawyer who plays football with her father. The show, aimed at nine to 14-year-olds, is the first ever to be fully dedicated to tackling the delicate subject, say its producers, the Italian state broadcaster Rai.

Tunisian heartthrob Dhafer L Abidine will be starring next to Spanish legend Antonio Banderas in a new international movie titled “Offroad”. The new international movie will be shot in Dubai, where international stars will be cooperating with Arab stars, reported MBC Tending television show on MBC channel.

Millions of Egyptians among people from all over the world visited Thailand throughout the past years. They recounted stories of the country s mesmerising sceneries, charm, and serenity, memories they will return to Egypt with. However, was Asmaa Gamal s main focus was roaming the whole country to discover all its hidden cultural gems which are rarely revealed to the world, which she featured in her latest photobook, A Journey through Thailand: Land of Unforgettable Experience. Photo Handout to DNE A Journey through Thailand: Land of Unforgettable Experience photobook s publishing was celebrated by the Royal Thai Embassy last week. Captured by the young Egyptian photographer, Asmaa Gamal, the book sheds light on every rich cultural ritual Thailand is known to have, apart from the well-known touristic destinations Thailand is famous for.

The Alexandria branch of the Spanish cultural center, the Instituto Cervantes, will host Spanish writer Julia Navarro on Tuesday evening, to introduce her novel You Will Not Kill (Tú no matarás), the events of which take place in the Mediterranean city. Navarro, 65, a journalist, authored many books on politics and current affairs before entering the literary world in 2004 with her first novel The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud.

The Egyptian Red Crescent and Philips International Charity Foundation celebrated on Friday a new entry into the Guinness Book of Records at the Giza Pyramids. The entry, a huge heart drawn by bikers who started their routes from different places across Egypt, covered a distance of 6853 km, the same length as the Nile.

During a tour with a large number of school and university students, famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass revealed that in the upcoming days he would announce a great archaeological discovery, possibly the wife of pharaoh Tutankhamun, Youm7 reported on Friday. Hawass added that for the first time there would be an announcement of a huge archaeological discovery through a 100 percent Egyptian archaeological mission.

Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on Monday that Egyptian archeologists have discovered two engraved standstone tablets during excavation work at the temple of Kom Ombo in Aswan. The tablets belong to the second king of the 19th dynasty King Seti I and King Ptolemy IV. The council’s General-Secretary Mostafa Waziri clarified that the first tablet is 2.30 meters in height and 1 meter wide, with a thickness of 30 cm. It was found broken, divided into two parts though the inscriptions and writings were in good condition.

An upcoming live transmission from New York s Metropolitan Opera will present Aida by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, to libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, on Saturday, 6 October. The transmission will also reach Egypt with screenings at the Cairo Opera House, Malak Gabr Arts Theatre at AUC, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria and the Technical University of Berlin in El-Gouna, at 7pm.

Some of the actions Aung San Suu Kyi has taken as Myanmar s civilian leader are "regrettable" but her Nobel Peace Prize will not be withdrawn, the head of the Nobel Foundation told Reuters in an interview in Stockholm on Friday. Lars Heikensten, speaking days before the awarding of this year s peace prize, said it made no sense to withdraw awards in reaction to things that happened after they were given, as judges would constantly have to discuss laureates merits.

The Czech archaeological mission operating in Abusir, north of the Saqqara region in Giza and headed by archaeologist Miroslav Barta has uncovered a huge limestone and brick tomb for a man identified as Kaer S, dating back to the middle of the Fifth Dynasty in the eras of King Nyuserre Ini and King Neferirkare Kakai. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa al-Waziry said that the owner of the tomb had several titles, including the “Supervisor of the King’s affairs”, and that his name was found engraved on the walls of the cemetery.

Yomeddine” director Abu Bakr Shawky won Variety s MENA Talent of the Year Award, announced during the second edition of El Gouna Film Festival (GFF), according to Variety s website. “I am deeply honored to receive this prestigious award and look forward to showing Yomeddine to audiences around the world,” Shawki said during the ceremony, which was attended by esteemed critics, as well as actors Lebleba, Hisham Selim and Youssra al-Lozy.

In a village in Vietnam s “elephant kingdom”, a vendor holds up a severed, dried tail dotted with coarse hairs she promises will bring good luck -– a grim new trade that is endangering the country s few remaining elephants. “I ll cut a hair off right in front of you here, so you can be sure it s not fake,” said the saleswoman in Tri A village in the country s forested central highlands.

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo could worsen rapidly because of attacks by armed groups, community resistance and the geographic spread of the disease. We are now extremely concerned that several factors may be coming together over the next weeks and months to create a potential perfect storm,” WHO s head of emergency response Peter Salama told a news conference in Geneva.

The United Nations (UN) member states, private sector and civil society joined on Monday the Secretary-General António Guterres call to enhance the role of the world s 1.8 billion young people in driving global efforts to promote a peaceful, just and sustainable world, a statement by the UN said. According to the press release, Gueterres launched on Monday Youth 2030: The United Nations Youth Strategy at a high-level event of the 73rd session of the General Assembly, in New York.

The Ministry of Environment on Monday organized a cleaning campaign at the Wadi al-Gamal National Park in the Red Sea Governorate, as part of efforts to increase awareness of national parks and their role in protecting the country s natural resources and biodiversity. The ministry cooperated with members of the Abnaa al-Ababdah (al-Ababdaa Sons) association and the Tourism and Environment Association, along with employees from the diving center in Wadi al-Gamal, to launch the campaign as part of the Egyptian-Italian Environmental Cooperation Program.