All posts tagged "history"

Recent plans to build a bridge in Heliopolis going above the Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral (also...

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins and 40...

From Alexander Sarokhan to Salah Jahin, Al Ahram to Rosal Youssef and Al Nafeza, social and political...

‘Extravagant’ is perhaps the perfect word to describe Cleopatra, the Oscar-winning 1963 film. An almost five hour...

Astrology and the Zodiac are often associated with flowery magazine columns and teenager obsessions, however, unbeknownst to...

Next to the three largest ancient pyramids of Giza, Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is financing the...

Christian art is often associated with Western imagery, yet it isn’t much acknowledged that Eastern forms of...

A month on from the killing of George Floyd – an innocent Black man – at the...

  Renowned Egyptian writer Dr. Reem Bassiouney was awarded the 2019/2020 Naguib Mahfouz Award for the best Egyptian...

One of the definite drawbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic is that various cultural and historical landmarks are...

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...