All posts tagged "history"

According to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt’s first pyramid and the first stone pyramid in...

He had neither the charismatic smile of Gamal Abdel Nasser nor the attitude of Anwar el Sadat,...

“What is history and what is our perception of it?” was one of the questions multi-disciplinary conceptual...

When visiting Luxor, the average traveler is spoiled for choice. However, one attractive and evident site to...

Due to its rich archeological history, Egypt is well-known as a home to various colossi statues depicting...

  Last Friday, Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry began moving four of the sphinxes in Luxor’s Karnak Temple to...

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted during the January 25 revolution in 2011, made a...

Across time, Tahrir square has been at the heart of all the political transformations that Cairo has...

The King Tutankhamun exhibition at Paris’s Grande Halle La Villette broke the record as the most visited...

The Egyptian pound or ‘gineh’ – abbreviated as LE or EGP – crosses counters and circulates through...

Just over 10 years ago, International Beer Day was inaugurated in Santa Cruz as a day-long celebratory...

In a culture bound by oppression, Egyptian women never stood a chance in acquiring the same fame,...

Stadiums or stadia are event venues – mostly for sports or concerts – designed to host and...

Bridges old and new adorn the city of Cairo, crossing the Nile river and serving to connect...

In what seems to be an unusual and exciting occasion, the Discovery Channel will broadcast a 2-hour...

It is much easier to perceive a supposed ‘enemy’ or a problem within the boundaries of the...

Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities is developing the around the Dendera temple complex into an open-air museum, Ahram Online reports....