All posts tagged "ancient history"

For millennia, the Coptic Christian community has formed an essential strand in the fabric of Egyptian culture....

The whole of earth’s beauty may seem like a canvas that is always visible and clearly seen...

The night is claustrophobic, and the king lay dead in his bed. French Crusaders are a volatile...

To veteran-sleuths and skeptics alike, Atlantis is a well-worn—arguably worn-out—name. Across centuries, it has come to embody...

Imagine a city with all the knowledge in the world, a wealth of writers, artists, scientists and...

Consistently, ancient Egypt has supplied modernity with some of its most fascinating finds and unexplainable feats; from...

Egypt’s earliest memories were printed on papyrus, and its more modern ones, woven into tapestry. Tapestry-making has...

Small in size, dog-like in only appearance: Egypt’s prized scavenger is a staple of many histories and...

There’s a nook in every home: it’s sparsely lit, with colorful boxes stacked together in an odd...

Henna is an age-old shrub that has elegantly worked its way into history and literature, much like...

An archive of knowledge said to be so expansive, so awe-worthy, that upon its ruin the Queen...

Granite catches the light and a felaha looks across the Cairo University Bridge. She is one of...

When the word library comes to mind, several images rise alongside it: commanding structures, brooding masterpieces of...

Like a solar boat in suspension, Hyatt Regency Cairo West sits elevated on the banks of the...

Guarding the coast, bathed in sun-scarring and salt, stood one of Egypt’s most daunting structures: the Pharos...

Symbolism is the only mutual language which remains between ancient Egypt and the modern world; the eye...

What is truly distinctive and unique about Cairo is its authenticity. No matter where you are, whether...