All posts tagged "egyptian history"

Mornings are riper in Aleppo; vibrant with the afterglow of victory. Baybars basks in it, but remains...

Napoleon slams a hand down, rattling ink bottles and challenging the conviction of his lieutenants. Word has...

Very few have not heard of them, for the Mamlūks are a daunting, elusive non-elite that demarcated...

“Rumors flew thick and fast among the Egyptians that the French were going to raise a giant,...

The Fortress of Babylon echoes with memory; limestone and mudbrick lock together, footsteps wander narrow halls, and...

The engineer of Egyptian modernity was not Egyptian – he was Ottoman. Muhammed Ali is a prolific...

A signature blend of cotton, wool, and culture is embodied in the jalabiya—a gown-like kaftan that has...

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...

Mohamed Naguib stands over a crowd. It’s 1952, and the street is a flood of vibrant compassion...

A familiar face in history, but one often overlooked in the books: Mohamed Naguib. One of the...

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

A blue lotus floats its way upstream, and the sky canvases parallel to the Nile. In Egypt,...

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

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...

When people think of Upper Egypt, what often comes to mind is rural life, poverty, background cultural...