At a very small store at the corner of Al-Ahram and Ibrahim streets in Heliopolis, a large group of young women and men queuing at the beginning of the weekend -- waiting for their turn at fried ice cream or ice cream rolls.

There is more to a serene Ancient Egyptian face than her fine-features suggest. Researchers (from multiple faculties) at the University of Melbourne have combined avenues like medical research, forensic science, CT scanning and Egyptology, to recreate the visage of Meritamun (‘beloved of the god Amun’), an Ancient Egyptian woman who lived at least 2,000 years ago. And the interesting part is – the scientists only had access to Meritamun’s mummified head, which on analysis alludes to how she met her demise at a young age of 18 to 25. But beyond her beautiful face, the researchers with their reconstruction project are looking forth to uncover more clues from the Egyptian’s ancient life, ranging from her actual time-period, diet to even the diseases she contracted during her lifetime.

Egypt has unearthed a more than 7,000-year-old city and cemetery dating back to its First Dynasty in the southern province of Sohag, the Antiquities Ministry said on Wednesday.

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi will give a talk at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 30 November on the political undertones of iconic 20th century artworks in the Arab world.

Egypt’s population will reach 92 million on Thursday, rising by one million over the last six months and making the total number of Egyptians worldwide 100 million, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced in a statement on Wednesday.

More than 18 million people now have access to life-saving AIDS treatment, 1.2 million more than at the end of last year, the United Nations said on Monday.

Several films from Egypt will have their first screening during the 13th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), to take place between 7 and 14 December.

Jordanian director Yahya Alabdallah’s film Baybona Fawq Sath El-Khazzan (Papillon on the Water Tank) won top prize, while Hala Khalil’s Shart El-Mahaba (A Condition for Love) won the Best Egyptian Film Project award at the Fourth Cairo Film Connection, one of the Cairo International Film Festival's (CIFF) parallel programmes, running between 18 and 20 November.

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism spokesperson Omaima El-Houssieny said that the Arab Tourism Organisation named the Red Sea resort of Hurghada as the capital of Arab summer holiday destinations in 2017.

Even before the official meeting time of 7:30am, people of all ages kept pouring into Zamalek on Friday morning to participate in the fifth annual Orange Bike initiative.

With colours from the sand and skies and with soft and beautiful fabrics inspired by traditional textiles, Rola Hussein, the co-chief designer of Mix & Match has assembled her collection of dresses and loose jackets for a winter collection, which should be available at stores early November.

The Egyptian Embassy in Switzerland has repatriated an ancient stele (upright stone slab bearing a commemorative inscription,) which was stolen from a temple 30 years ago, the antiquities ministry said in a Thursday statement.

War does not discriminate; all must play by its arbitrary rules and pay for its consequences.

The 38th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) opened last night with a ceremony at the Cairo Opera House’s Grand Hall to a stage filled to the brim with cinema stars.

UNESCO has established a high level forum on museums, in keeping with the body's 2015 recommendations concerning the protection and promotion of museums and collections, their diversity and their role in society.

Cairo’s Metropol theatre reopened its doors to the public on 8 November after months of renovations.

The Spanish archeological mission working on the excavation project of the "Temple of Millions of Years" of Pharaoh Thutmose III, uncovered a tomb at the external part of the southern wall to the temple, the Antiquities Ministry said Sunday in a statement.

Antiquities Minister Khaled Anany announced that the Egyptian Museum would be open to public at night twice a week to promote tourism.

The 38th edition of Cairo International Film Festival is scheduled to open on Tuesday, 15 November, and will run until 24 November.

During the ninth archaeological field season, which started in September, the joint Spanish-Egyptian mission at the Temple of Millions of Years of Thutmose III, at Al-Deir Al-Bahari on Luxor's west bank, stumbled upon the tomb of the servant of the king’s house, Amenrenef.

The Ministry of Culture announced on Saturday evening the death of Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz, one of Egypt's most renowned television and film actors in the past 40 years, after a long struggle with illness.