Australian journalist Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera English colleagues accused of aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood jailed for seven years in Egypt.

Just how did the ancient Egyptians shift stones weighing as much as 2.5-tonnes with technology no more complex than a sledge?

The most famous of all Egyptian burial sites, Tutankhamun's tomb, has been replicated with a 3D exact facsimile in a project led by a British artist in order to protect the original site from the ravages of mass tourism.

Salam Abdullah repeats a single English phrase while leading tourists across the sandy, sun-blasted slopes above Cairo's Giza pyramids.

Egypt's judges have risked new international outrage by sentencing to death 529 people accused of rioting after a single, two-session trial that ended yesterday.

An Egyptian terrorist should be considered as a prime suspect in the Lockerbie bombing, according to a report by two leading investigators.

In an echo of the Cold War, Egypt has given the red carpet welcome to senior Russian officials aiming to expand Moscow's influence through military and economic cooperation with a key US ally in the Middle East.

After four months in secret detention, deposed President Mohammed Morsi has defiantly rejected a court's authority to put him on trial, saying he still was Egypt's leader and that those who overthrew him should face charges instead.

Egyptian anti-riot police fired tear gas at hundreds of supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president, besieging them inside a prestigious Muslim institution after stone-hurling protesters cut off a main road.

Being detained in an Egyptian police station is high on the list of risks facing journalists working in Egypt. Being attacked by armed men is another.

The United States is cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Egypt in response to the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi and the crackdown by the military-backed government on his supporters.

A string of attacks killed nine members of Egypt's security and military forces and hit the country's main satellite communications station, in an apparent retaliation by Islamic militants.

A New Zealand freelance journalist has been released after being detained in Egypt amid clashes between rival groups.

Egypt's former leader Hosni Mubarak claimed the United States was plotting to overthrow him as far back as 2005.

A panel of Egyptian judges has recommended the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood, adding momentum to a push by authorities to ban the ousted president's main backer and a pillar of political Islam in the region.

Egypt's top prosecutor has referred ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to trial on charges of inciting the killing of opponents protesting outside his palace while he was in office, the state news agency said.

Kiwi journalist Wayne Hay has been celebrating his release from detention in Egypt with a cold beer.

About 250 people gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square today to protest against the Egyptian security forces' crackdown against Muslim Brotherhood supporters.

Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters Wednesday swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, setting off running street battles in Cairo and other Egyptian cities. At least 192 people were killed nationwide, many of them in the crackdown on the protest sites.

The family of ousted President Mohammed Morsi has furiously denounced the military, accusing it of "kidnapping" him.

The nation is divided against itself. On one side are the liberals who want to live in a tolerant, secular society.

Egypt's military authorities ordered the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader yesterday for inciting an outbreak of violence that left at least 51 of the movement's supporters dead.

The grainy film captures the soldier as he shoots from his vantage point on top of the yellow stone building.