Archaeologists in southern Egypt have discovered a 5,600-year-old preserved tomb and mummy predating the First Dynasty of the pharaohs, the antiquities ministry said Wednesday.

An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned the leaders of former president Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party from running in any coming elections, the court judge said.

Few have travelled to the pyramids of Egypt and not wondered how an ancient civilisation without modern technology could have constructed structures so large they can be viewed from space. Some have theorised they were built inside out.

An exact replica of King Tutankhamun’s tomb is being installed near the 3,000-year-old original version, in the West Bank of Luxor beside the home of Howard Carter, the legendary British archaeologist who discovered the original tomb in 1922. The facsimilie tomb will then be open to the public on May 1, 2014.

The upcoming Egyptian parliamentary and presidential elections will boost the tourism sector, says Egyptian Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou.

Gulf oil producers have given Egypt a free fuel lifeling totalling $6 billion in value to help fend off unrest on its streets in the summer when consumption soars, the head of its national oil company said.

Unknown assailants attacked an open-air campaign rally on Monday organised by supporters of presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in the northern Nile Delta's Damietta governorate.

Presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is scheduled to appear Monday in his first ever TV interview co-hosted by Egyptian media figures Ibrahim Eissa and Lamees Al-Hadidi.

Egypt's Prosecutor-General Hisham Barakat has ordered an investigation into US President Barack Obama and other world leaders over spying allegations.

The Ministry of Tourism announced a programme Monday to entice tourists from Saudi Arabia, United Arab of Emirates, and Kuwait to visit Hurghada .

Egypt's government is likely to postpone its enforcement of the new fuel prices and impose a price rise only on electricity, diesel and natural gas, a senior government official told Aswat Masriya on Monday.

Egypt's Al-Azhar University – the oldest seat of Islamic learning in the Middle East – has expelled 76 students from different faculties for "involvement in riots," Egyptian state news agency MENA reported.

Mohamed Medhat abdel Razeq, deputy education minister in Minya, referred teachers, who made the Arabic test for fourth year students of an industrial school in the province, to investigations over including a question on the 25 January uprising, which violates decision of Education Minister Mahmoud Nasr preventing approaching 25 January and 30 June revolutions for being issues of conflicts that create problems between students.

Egyptian expats will be allowed to vote in the upcoming presidential elections without being residents or pre-registered voters in embassies, The Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Sunday.

Minister of Housing and New Urban Communities Mostafa Madbouly said 50,000 housing units for the average and low-income segments are going to be offered in Qaliubiya next week.

A 19-year-old girl in Cairo jumped from the third-story of a building to escape three men who were attempting to rape her.

The US on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to its shared interests with Cairo while at the same time urging political inclusivity in Egypt's progress towards democracy.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Wednesday criticised Egypt for imposing death sentences on nearly 700 suspected Islamists.

Egypt's delegate to the United Nations, Ambassador Moataz Ahmadein said on Wednesday 30/1/2014 that Egypt supports Palestinian reconciliation efforts and will do utmost effort to reach a solid Palestinian stance to reach a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.

When you picture Egypt's pyramids rising over the country's sands, your vision likely doesn't include water. It should, according to a new study published online Tuesday.

Presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahi presented his electoral programme in a press conference on Wednesday in which he said he would run under the slogan of "social justice, democracy and national independence" in order to "achieve Egypt's future hopes and rebuild it from the beginning."