Sohag

Royal cemetery from Second Intermediate Period and pottery workshop discovered in Sohag

The Egyptian-American archaeological mission from the University of Pennsylvania discovered a royal tomb from the Second Intermediate Period in the “Jabal Anubis” necropolis in Abydos. The Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities also discovered a complete Roman-era pottery workshop in the village of Banawit. Sharif Fathi, the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, …

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Egypt Independent March 15, 2025

Joint Egyptian-German Archaeological mission uncovers Ptolemaic Temple in Sohag

A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission, composed of members from the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University of Tübingen, has successfully unearthed a complete Ptolemaic temple during excavations on the western side of the Great Temple of Athribis in Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt. The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mohamed Ismail Khaled, emphasized …

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Egypt Independent November 24, 2024

Magnitude 3.4 earthquake hits Sohag city

The stations of the National Seismic Network of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) recorded, on Monday, an earthquake 71 km northwest of the city of Sohag, Upper Egypt. The institute said that the tremor occurred at 11:44 am local time, with a magnitude of 3.47 on the Richter scale, and …

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Egypt Independent August 9, 2022

People killed and injured in Sohag road collisions

On Thursday, three people were killed, and seven others were injured, in separate traffic accidents in Dar al-Salam, al-Balina, and Akhmim localities in Sohag Governorate. Assistant Minister of Interior and head of Sohag Security Directorate Mohamed Abdel Moneim Sherbash received notifications of three traffic accidents in the governorate. Investigations showed that in the first accident …

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Egypt Independent May 27, 2022