Ancient Egypt news in brief

February 14, 2026
This article is from Ancient Egypt issue 153


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• A 3,000-year-old gold mining operation, including mining tools and residential areas, has been discovered in Egypt’s Sukari Mountains; the entire camp has been moved nearly two miles away to separate it from the modern mine at the site.

• The funerary equipment of Kha and Merit is now back on public display in a newly designed exhibition at the Museo Egizio in Turin that includes objects never before exhibited.

The funerary mask of Merit can now be seen in a new display of the funerary items of Kha and Merit at the Museo Egizio, Turin.

• Visitors to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) are now able to see Khufu’s second boat, as the preserved timbers have been reassembled and installed on a metal structure in one of the galleries.

 The metal frame on which the preserved timbers of the second boat of Khufu have been restored at the GEM.

• The Sudanese government has recovered 570 objects looted from the National Museum in Khartoum; over 4,000 artefacts have been lost from the museum since war broke out three years ago.

Text: Sarah Griffiths / Images: Museo Egizio (top), Turin; Karl Harris (bottom)

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