Omnia Haridy takes a journey into the world of khayamiya, or tentmaking, one of the country’s oldest and best-known traditional crafts Egypt has always boasted a diverse range of crafts and ...
Although it uses up-to-date visual and archaeological data, it presumes no specific knowledge of ancient Egypt and aims to introduce the fundamentals of Egyptian art to readers with general interests ...
Despite the missing items, a Times reporter who visited the museum says: 'Ancient Egyptian art is so exquisite... that you could take anything out of the old museum’s dusty display cases ...
In early 2020, a select number of people were given a sneak peak inside the Grand Egyptian Museum, home to the world’s largest collection of Egyptian artifacts. It wasn’t the first time that ...
Tamara de Lempicka’s first major U.S. survey invokes her as a trailblazing techno-feminist who borrowed freely from art history. But it also buries her erratic second act. By Walker Mimms ...
An identical sister ship to the Viking Osiris, the Viking Aton and the Viking Hathor ... and home to a varied collection of Egyptian mummies and art—and go behind the scenes at Oxford University ...
I better write this down! Oh! I’ve lost my pen. Ancient Egyptian: You’re clearly not Egyptian, are you? Child: No, I’m from Britain. Ancient Egyptian: Haha! No wonder you don’t have a pen.
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
Examination of a mummy has revealed the original ancient Egyptian embalming recipe - first used to preserve bodies. A battery of forensic chemical tests carried out on a mummy that dated from ...
The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation. Since Greek was understood ...
The GEM, as it is known, is intended largely to replace the existing Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square in central Cairo. But the billion-dollar project has been dogged by logistical, political and ...