THE LATEST EGYPT NEWS FROM MAILONLINE

Mother-of-four who asked maid to sleep with her rich husband for £200 in divorce plot then helped him tie her up for 36 hours avoids jail sentence

20/06/16 14:41

20/06/16 09:07

Air crash investigators in Egypt say they fear the two black boxes from the flight which crashed over the Mediterranean, are too damaged and may have to be repaired before they can be analysed.

19/06/16 13:37

The 64-year-old, who has been sentenced to death in a separate trial, was Egypt's first democratically elected president but the army overthrew him in 2013 and cracked down on his supporters.

19/06/16 09:09

Two men who appear to be more than 9foot tall as they walk through a small Egyptian town have sparked theories they are ancient gods. The keen Youtuber says he was stunned to find the image.

17/06/16 14:48

The data recorder, which experts see as a vital part of the crash investigation into the doomed Egyptair flight, which came down over the Mediterranean, has now been retrieved from the sea.

16/06/16 16:25

A French deep ocean research vessel has found what it believes to be wreckage from the doomed EgyptAir flight 804 which disappeared over the Mediterranean last month.

16/06/16 15:10

It came after a French research vessel said it found wreckage from the doomed EgyptAir flight 804 10,000ft underwater after it disappeared over the Mediterranean last month.

14/06/16 10:02

These images, taken between 1900 and 1936, reveal what everyday life was like in Cairo at a time when it was rapidly expanding, and also show off its timeless tourism appeal.

09/06/16 18:32

Debbie Proudler from Kingswinford, West Midlands, was fined when she took her son on a term-time trip after his school refused to allow the break - which was changed due to terror risk.

08/06/16 19:06

The EgyptAir flight, carrying 118 passengers and 17 crew members, was en route from Cairo to Beijing when it was forced to land in the town of Urgench, Uzbekistan.

08/06/16 14:37

Footage taken in Egypt shows the frightened woman, named as Heba Magdi, surrounded by men dressed as militants from the terror group carrying a range of weapons.

07/06/16 19:11

Footage shows a militant vowing to demolish the temple of Nabu in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, in Iraq - before a massive explosion reduces a building to rubble.

07/06/16 17:22

Architects and scientists from Egypt, France, Canada and Japan will use infrared technology and detectors to map two pyramids at Giza and the two Dahshur pyramids, south of Cairo.

06/06/16 22:16

Using infrared thermography, scientists discovered this week that one area of the northern wall was a different temperature than other areas of King Tutankhamun's tomb.

03/06/16 23:19

Archaeologists and physicists are using muons to peer through the stone of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza in the hope of discovering if it is hiding a secret chamber within its structure.

02/06/16 17:06

Already considered one of the oldest civilisations in the world, experts now believe the Indus Valley Civilisation, based in what is now India and Pakistan, is 8,000 years old.

02/06/16 13:54

The missing EgyptAir flight MS804 was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff on three occasions on the day before it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after it's warning systems signalled an anomaly.

02/06/16 09:22

Investigators had been racing against time to find the EgyptAir Airbus A320's black boxes, as they only have enough battery power to emit signals for four or five weeks.

01/06/16 18:29

A dagger found in the sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun has been found to have a similar chemical composition to a meteorite found in Maras Matruh, Egypt.

01/06/16 14:28

Businessman Zekri Gris, 56, and wife Dina, 35, pictured, tied up and imprisoned the woman in their £650,000 home in Bishop Sutton, Somerset. She escaped after three days.

31/05/16 17:59

Mayar Mohamed Mousa, 17, died in El Canal hospital on Sunday while under full anaesthesia in the province of Suez in Egypt.

27/05/16 11:29

Egypt's lead investigator, Capt. Ayman Al Moqadem, said that the signals coming from the aircraft's fuselage had narrowed the search radius down from forty miles to three in the sea.

26/05/16 18:35

Enormous statues, golden jewellery and hieroglyphic tablets which were feared lost forever have been reclaimed from the sea, and are to be put on public display from 19 May at the British Museum in London.

26/05/16 16:25

The mother of the Christian man, who had fled the village in Minya province, south of Cairo, was stripped of her clothes by the mob to humiliate her, the local Orthodox Coptic church said.

25/05/16 19:39

As the mystery of what caused EgyptAir Flight MS804 to crash into the Mediterranean Sea deepens, the latest theory to emerge claims it was brought down by a meteor fragment.

25/05/16 11:14

The comments by Ehab Azmy, head of the National Air Navigation Services Company, challenged an account by Greece's defence minister who said the jet spun and plunged 27,000 feet.

25/05/16 05:35

The two military aircraft were scrambled when the Delta Airlines pilots 'failed to make contact' with Greek aviation officials after entering the country's airspace at about 7.10pm on Thursday.

24/05/16 19:05

The number of tourists travelling to Egypt has fallen off a cliff in recent months, as these images testify. The crowds of tourists who once thronged The Pyramids at Giza have vanished.

24/05/16 15:52

Hotel managers in the Egyptian resort are so desperate for business that they've slashed prices for five star hotel rooms from hundreds to as little as £18 a night, according to Travel Supermarket.

24/05/16 11:40

More than 20 body bags containing remains were brought to the Zenhom morgue in the Egyptian capital as memorial services were held for victims on the EgyptAir disaster (pictured).

24/05/16 10:29

Two pilots have revealed that hey saw an object with green lights pass by their passenger jet as they approached Istanbul's Ataturk Airport from Bodrum, an hour before the Egyptair jet crashed.

23/05/16 14:52

It was initially claimed that Mohamed Said Shoukair (pictured) lost all radio contact before the Airbus A320 plunged into the sea last Thursday, with the loss of 66 lives, while travelling from Paris to Cairo.

23/05/16 14:26

Smiling into the face of her father and wrapped up warmly in a pink baby-grow is Joumana - the youngest victim of the Egyptair crash - just days before her young life was cruelly snatched away.

23/05/16 10:56

The harrowing threat was scrawled on the underside of the doomed EgyptAir jet in an attack by political vandals two years ago, believed to have been led by aviation workers at Cairo Airport.

22/05/16 20:10

The first pictures of the mangled wreckage from the EgyptAir flight 804 has emerged as investigators confirm smoke was detected in multiple places moments before the plane plummeted into the sea.

21/05/16 15:43

The ISIS jihadis behind the Paris attacks stopped off at Charles De Gaulle airport just hours before carrying out their deadly massacre last November. Police are investigating if terror group planned EgyptAir crash.

21/05/16 10:27

Smoke was detected in multiple places on EgyptAir flight 804 moments before it plummeted into the Mediterranean, according to the French air accident investigation agency.

21/05/16 02:48

Frenchman Pascal Hess, 51, almost cancelled his ticket for EgyptAir Flight MS804 after losing his passport. But after a desperate hunt it was found lying in the street of his hometown of Evreux.

20/05/16 19:36

Geologist Richard Osman, 40, who died when the EgyptAir jet crashed in the Mediterranean, shrugged off the fears of wife Aureilie, 36, by saying: 'It is never going to happen to me.'

20/05/16 18:27

Between 2009 and 2014, three vicious Nile crocodiles have been captured in south Florida. Researchers believe the three crocs were released by unlicensed smugglers.

20/05/16 17:44

EgyptAir has tonight retracted its claims that the wreckage of the downed Flight MS804 had been discovered floating in the Mediterranean Sea, as the mystery surrounding the missing jet escalates.

20/05/16 17:34

Samar Ezz Eldin, 27, uploaded the controversial image in September 2014, just four months after she started working at Egypt's national carrier.

20/05/16 17:34

Los Angeles International Airport has ratcheted up its security measures in the wake of the EgyptAir crash. It comes as U.S passengers cope with ever-lengthening queues due to security checks.

20/05/16 04:37

Donald Trump commented the EgyptAir flight the crashed in to the Mediterranean Sea while travelling from Paris to Cairo on Twitter early Thursday calling it 'yet another terrorist attack.'

18/05/16 10:42

The treasures discovered in the 'Egyptian Atlantis', that for 500 years was the most important Mediterranean trading port in Egypt, have gone on display in an exhibition at London's British Museum.

18/05/16 09:25

State prosecutors in Egypt's capital Cairo say that the carpenter asked a local woman to marry him three years ago.

13/05/16 18:50

The elaborately decorated tombs (one shown), in Luxor, belong to the royal butlers of Queen Hatshepsut and King Ramses II who ruled around 3,500 years ago.

11/05/16 19:49

The landmark discovery was made by experts at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge who examined a wooden coffin donated to it by archaeologists in 1907.

11/05/16 18:48

The news follows nearly a year of speculation after British Egyptologist, Nicholas Reeves, said he found signs of a hidden doorway in King Tut's tomb in Luxor.

05/05/16 08:00

Ambassador Salah Abdel Sadek told an audience in Cairo, Egypt, that the cartoon as well as video games and 'violent' movies helped to spark violence and extremism across the Arab world.

27/04/16 02:08

The symbol has been spotted on two coffins, and on a leather manuscript. It is believed the demons gripped their victims using large talons, and then cut off their heads.

26/04/16 23:17

The defendants were sentenced after being arrested in a flat in the leafy Cairo suburb of Agouza in September last year.

25/04/16 12:49

A British woman has been left paralysed after being crushed by a horse in a horrific riding accident in Egypt. The family of Olivia Fairclough, 31, are raising money to fly her home in an air ambulance.

21/04/16 19:45

Five Egyptian men linked to the death of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni, 28, may have been killed by police to quash rumours that he was murdered by the secret service.

19/04/16 16:05

A policeman allegedly shot dead one man and wounded two others in an argument over the price of a cup of tea in Egypt. The incident sparked a riot in the Cairo suburb of Rehab.

19/04/16 11:36

The French President stood motionless and kept a straight face for two minutes as he endured a painfully out of tune version of the Marseillaise at the start of his official visit to Egypt.

18/04/16 20:13

Most of the 400 migrants aboard the boat were fleeing from Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea and had been hoping to reach Italy.

14/04/16 10:59

Schoolboy Alfie Gray, from Crawley, West Sussex, pictured, was on the second day of his family holiday when he fell under a waterfall at the Reef Oasis Beach Resort, in Sharm el-Sheikh.

09/04/16 17:37

A replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza has been demolished after protests from the Egyptian government. The statue located in Shijiazhuang, north China was demolished on April 2.

09/04/16 17:07

The Egyptian resort on the Red Sea is still suffering after the downing of a Russian holiday jet. The number of tourists visiting last month has almost halved compared to the same time last year.

08/04/16 20:07

King Salman has announced that a bridge connecting Egypt and Saudi Arabia would be built across the Red Sea following a meeting with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

07/04/16 17:35

The alleged terrorist had attempted to disguise himself as a woman by wearing a burka, and is believed to have been trying to defect from ISIS-affiliates in Sinai, Egypt.

07/04/16 10:00

The strange complex, in barren landscape to the east of Egypt's capital Cairo, features two long pointed buildings surrounded by mysterious circles.

04/04/16 13:23

Video shows a crowd by an overturned fuel tanker on a street in Egypt, trying to collect as much gasoline as they can carry, and moments later, they are engulfed in flames as the fuel ignites.

03/04/16 13:42

Former students at York University, where Ben Innes studied environmental science, claim the 26-year-old - who posed for a selfie with a plane hijacker - is a 'convicted criminal'.

02/04/16 00:42

The Nile River flows blood red in a new image released by the ESA, drawing comparisons to the biblical First Plague, in which the Egyptian waterway was turned to blood.

01/04/16 15:10

Ben Innes appeared on Good Morning America and said that he believed hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa might reconsider detonating his suicide vest if the two had an interaction.

31/03/16 16:44

Dozens of rock-cut tombs and a small shrine have been found in Gebel el- Silsila area in Aswan, Egypt, containing human remains as well as a seal ring and other artefacts.

31/03/16 16:00

Ben Innes, 26, from Leeds, is beckoned to approach by two stewardesses after asking if he could snap what he later hailed 'the best selfie ever' with EgyptAir hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa.

31/03/16 15:48

Ben Innes covered up an ITV news camera trying to film him at Manchester Airport as he arrived back in the UK yesterday and allegedly snatched the camerawoman's phone.

31/03/16 13:58

Marina Paraschou, 51, who was married to Seif Eldin Mustafa for five years, says the world has been told of a man who hijacked a plane for love - but says it could not be further from the truth.

31/03/16 13:37

Travel giant TUI, the owner of tour operators Thomson and First Choice, said holidaymakers are returning to mainland Spain and the Balearic and Canary islands in greater numbers.

30/03/16 23:34

The EgyptAir passenger jet hijacker, identified as Seif El Din Mustafa, is seen wearing his 'suicide belt', as an unknown man standing next to him pulls a silly face while taking a picture.

30/03/16 20:09

Seif Eldin Mustafa said nothing during his brief hearing today but gave the peace sign to gathered media as he was whisked away in a police car from the courthouse in Larnaca, Cyprus.

30/03/16 18:46

Ben Innes, 26, from Leeds. posed for the photo with Seif Eldin Mustafa, who hijacked EgyptAir MS181 enroute to Cairo and forced it to fly to Cyprus, while being held hostage on the passenger jet.

30/03/16 18:39

AbdAllah El Ashmawy, an orthopedic surgeon from Egypt who is based in Plymouth, described the bizarre and hilarious reactions of fellow hostages in a post on his Facebook page.

30/03/16 09:26

Lions Trips posted the shameless message (pictured) online just hours after Egyptian Seif Eldin Mustafa hijacked an EgyptAir plane and forced it to be redirected from Cairo.

29/03/16 22:11

Questions are being asked as to how the EgyptAir hijacker was able to stroll unhindered through airport security at Alexandria, despite being rigged with a fake suicide vest and explosives.

29/03/16 21:51

Lawrence Conyers, a professor of anthropology at the University of Denver says the strange geology of the Valley of the Kings, which has natural voids, may be fooling scientists.

22/03/16 11:06

Customers will get full refunds after Thomas Cook cancelled all holidays to Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh until October 31.

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