Ninety-nine Sunken pieces of antiquities were salvaged by the European marine archeological institute mission in association with the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) in the areas of Eastern Port and Heracleum in Abu Qir. Zahi Hawas, the SCA Secretary-General, said the salvaged pieces include four gold coins that date back to the Islamic era and 12 bronze coins from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.

Egypt's massive new museum for its famous antiquities now has a power plant, a fire station and its own conservation center, and over the next two years it will become home to some 100,000 artifacts.

Experts have used scientific dating techniques to verify the historical chronology of ancient Egypt. The researchers dated seeds found in pharaohs' tombs, including some from the tomb of the King Tutankhamun.

Pharaoh Tutankhamun was probably killed by the genetic blood disorder sickle cell disease, German scientists said, rejecting earlier research that suggested he died of malaria.

Cleopatra did not die from a snake bite but a lethal drug cocktail that included opium and hemlock, according to Christoph Schaefer, German historian and professor at the University of Trier.

Egyptian archaeologists who have completed excavations on the unfinished ancient tunnel in the tomb of Seti I believe it was meant to connect a 3,300-year-old pharaoh's tomb with a secret burial site. The tunnel has now been completely cleared and archaeologists discovered ancient figurines, shards of pottery and instructions left by the architect for the workmen.