A fire on Saturday destroyed the main hall of the Egyptian National Theatre in Cairo. Six people have been injured including three firefighters. No one was in the theatre at the time as it was closed for the weekend.

Abductors of 11 foreigners in the southern Egyptian desert, near the border with Sudan, have demanded a ransom for the tourists' release, the Egyptian tourism minister said Monday.

I have written in the past how the geography of Egypt was so different to that of Dubai and United Arab Emirates. Green areas along the Nile, alluvial soil, agriculture, etc. But that was not all that was different.

A University of Chicago expedition at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt has unearthed a large administration building and silos that provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life.

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A number of elite tombs from Ancient Egypt are now accessible to all thanks to the launch of the Mastabase. The Mastabase is a CD-ROM containing descriptions and hieroglyphic inscriptions of scenes of daily life from 337 Mastaba tombs. This resource will make research into these elite tombs a lot easier. On 13 May 2008, Dutch Egyptologist René van Walsem will officially present the MastaBase in Leiden.

In the run-up to Tuesday's local council elections, the Egyptian regime has left little to chance. It has made it almost impossible for members of opposition movements to register as candidates.

This past Wednesday, March 4, a contract was signed between Mohammed Saleh Salem, of the Egyptian Arab Land Bank (EALB) and Iman Ismail, of the Egyptian Mortgage Finance Company (EMRC). This is the first signing of this type in Egypt. What it signifies is the government and private sector recognition for the growing demand in social housing and the long-term mortgage financing necessary to shelter this demand.

A senior leader for the Palestinian militant group Hamas is in Egypt to resume talks on the future of Egypt's border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

Archaeologists from UCLA and the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands have found the earliest evidence ever discovered of an ancient Egyptian agricultural settlement, including farmed grains, remains of domesticated animals, pits for cooking and even floors for what appear to be dwellings, the National Geographic Society announced today.

Egypt has closed the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 11 days of unrestricted movement for Palestinians. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from Cairo.

A senior leader for the Palestinian militant group Hamas has vowed to work with Cairo to seal off the breached border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.