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2,000-year-old Ptolemaic statue found in Egypt

Archaeology chief Zahi Hawass said the statue could belong to King Ptolemy IV and represented the traditional shape of an ancient Egyptian king wearing collar and kilt Photo: EPA

An Egyptian-Dominican team made the discovery at the temple of Taposiris Magna, west of the coastal city of Alexandria, said a statement from the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Alexandria was the seat of the Greek-speaking Ptolemaic Dynasty, which ruled Egypt for 300 years, until the suicide of Queen Cleopatra.

British Museum under pressure to give up leading treasures of Egypt

 

The Rosetta Stone at the British museum in London Photo: AP

The demand, issued in Cairo at the end of a two-day conference, is addressed to every country that holds ancient relics.

Western museum hold most of the items listed by countries ranging from China to Mexico. The British museum is the principal target because of the prominence of the artefacts it owns.

Cleopatra papyrus goes on display

Two fragments of papyrus featuring the handwriting of Cleopatra Photo: REUTERS

The document with the Greek inscription, "make it happen," refers to a tax break for a friend of her husband Mark Antony. It is one of 150 artifacts in an exhibition featuring the latest discoveries in an intensifying search for her long-lost tomb.

Buried ancient Egyptian city revealed by radar imaging

Bus driver shoots six dead near Cairo

Policemen stand guard at the site of the shooting in Cairo. Photo: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA / Rex Features

Mahmud Taha Ahmad Sueilem, 54, the driver for the company Arab Contractors, was taking 22 employees to their workplace in Giza when he stopped the bus at Meniel Shiha, 12 miles south of the Egyptian capital, and suddenly started firing, an official said.

Plato: ancient Greek philosopher's 'secret music code' cracked by British scientists

Greek man wins £175,000 over Turkish yoghurt picture

 

A Greek man has received compensation after a Swedish dairy used his picture on a Turkish-recipe yoghurt pot.
The 77-year-old man, who was angry at being portrayed as a Turk, the traditional national enemy of Greeks, originally demanded £4.5 million in damages for the use, without permission, of his image.

His photograph, with distinctive long moustache, red hat and traditional Greek dress, has been used on millions of yoghurt tubs marketed as a Turkish-style product.