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2007

In September 2007, Zahi Hawass announced that a number of clay pots and baskets bearing royal seals were rediscovered in the treasury of the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun. Archaeologist Howard Carter had discovered, but not opened, them when the tomb was first found in 1922.
In June 2007 it was announced that Hatshepsut's mummy had been identified, decisive evidence coming from a molar found in a wooden box that was inscribed with her name, originally found in 1881 among a cache of royal mummies hidden away for safekeeping in a near-by temple. The tooth has been conclusively proven to have been removed from the mummy's mouth, fitting exactly an empty socket in the mummy's jawbone.

2006

A 125–ton statue of Rameses II was moved in August, 2006, from a congested square in downtown Cairo to a more serene home near the Great Pyramids in a bid to save it from corrosive pollution. Around it there will be built the new Grand Egyptian Museum.
On February 8, 2006, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced the discovery of a previously unknown and intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The discovery was the first new tomb to be revealed in the Valley since the discovery of KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, by Howard Carter in 1922. The actual date on which the discovery was made has not yet been revealed.
A new temple has been discovered at Heliopolis (ancient Iunu), near modern Cairo. An Egyptian-German team has uncovered the remains of a sun-temple dating back to the time of Ramesses II.
French diving archaeologists believe they have discovered the foundation of the ancient lighthouse of Pharos in Alexandria, the seventh wonder of the world.