After the pharaoh the next most important people in society were government officials, nobles and high priests. But most Ancient Egyptians were just ordinary people who did all sorts of different ...

(JTA) — Egypt’s minister of religious endowments quoted an Islamic Sunni verse about killing Jews. The interview with Talaat Mohamed Afifi Salem was aired last month on Sada Al-Balad TV ...

Archaeologists discovered an additional 30-plus ancient Egyptian ... discovered outside of official channels—read: during illegal excavations—the government stepped in and took control.

Egyptian officials have not commented ... The event prompted an Egyptian MP to ask the government what it was doing to "confront the distortion of Egyptian civilization". The museum also said ...