Egypt and Nigeria make their final AFCON preparations when they face one another in a pre-tournament friendly in Cairo.

An archaeological team has uncovered for the first time more than half of the temple, long buried under River Nile sediment.

Two African giants face off this evening in a final warm-up friendly ahead of the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations. The best of the continent are set to descend on Morocco to fight it out over four weeks, but first, two of the biggest nations will face off today for a tune-up ahead of the tournament starting on Sunday.

Egypt has unveiled two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Luxor. The alabaster statues, known as the Colossi of Memnon, were reassembled after a two-decade renovation project.

Egypt: Mohamed El-Shenawy (Mostafa Shobeir 55); Mohamed Hany, Hossam Abdelmagid, Yasser Ibrahim, Ahmed Fatouh (Mohamed Hamdy 55) - Marwan Attia (Muhanad Lasheen 83), Hamdi Fathi, Emam Ashour (Osama Faisal 55)– Mahmoud Saber (Mostafa Fathy 83), Ahmed ‘Zizo’ Sayed (Mohamed Shehata 69), Mostafa Mohamed (Salah Mohsen 55)

The newly excavated 4,500-year-old valley temple from ancient Egypt holds a "public calendar" and a roof for astronomical observation.

Local organizers had planned to include the June 26 game with Seattle's Pride celebrations. Then, FIFA announced the match would include Egypt and Iran, two countries where gay rights are nil.

Underwater archaeologists announced they had discovered the ancient wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast of Alexandria.

Egypt National TeamEgypt wrapped up their Africa Cup of Nations preparations with encouraging 2-1 victory over Nigeria in international

In Egypt's soccer federation sent a letter to FIFA “categorically rejecting any activities related to supporting homosexuality during the match.”