Egyptian history
Egypt contracts specialized company to make display cases for Greco-Roman Museum
Culture
March 22, 2021
Egypt contracts specialized company to make display cases for Greco-Roman Museum
The head of the Museum Exhibition Scenario Committee for new regional museums at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Ali…
Egypt prepares for restoration of historical Suez Canal House
Archaeology
June 28, 2020
Egypt prepares for restoration of historical Suez Canal House
The Suez Canal Authority began evacuating its historical administrative building in Port Said, known also as the Suez Canal House,…
Wafd party celebrates 100th anniversary of Egypt’s 1919 revolution
Egypt
March 10, 2019
Wafd party celebrates 100th anniversary of Egypt’s 1919 revolution
Egypt’s al-Wafd Party celebrated the 100th anniversary of Egypt’s 1919 revolution in the house of late leader Saad Zaghloul on…
Heliopolis heritage buildings to become open museums
Culture
January 30, 2019
Heliopolis heritage buildings to become open museums
As a part of the vital restoration project in Khedival Cairo, Riham Arram, General Manager for Cairo Heritage Preservation…
New Egyptian draft law suggests five year sentence for “insulting historical figures”
Egypt
September 1, 2018
New Egyptian draft law suggests five year sentence for “insulting historical figures”
Head of the Egyptian Parliament’s religious committee Amr Hamrouch presented a draft law calling for a jail sentence of…
Photos: Ministry of Antiquities receives 116 antiques after failure to smuggle them abroad
Archaeology
July 16, 2018
Photos: Ministry of Antiquities receives 116 antiques after failure to smuggle them abroad
Ministry of Antiquities on Monday received 116 antique pieces from Damietta port, following a failed attempt to smuggle them…
Bibliotheca Alexandrina head, Coptic Pope discuss establishing ‘religions museum’
Culture
February 12, 2018
Bibliotheca Alexandrina head, Coptic Pope discuss establishing ‘religions museum’
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Director Mustafa El-Feki hosted Pope Tawadros II on Saturday at the library in Alexandria where the two institution…
The pick: Vast knowledge from a rubbish heap, and other surprises
Books
February 22, 2013
The pick: Vast knowledge from a rubbish heap, and other surprises
Indian author Amitav Ghosh wrote “In an Antique Land” in 1992. It has two parallel narratives, one about his stay…
In Search of ‘Oil and Sand’ recreates an old royal home movie
Cinema/TV
January 9, 2013
In Search of ‘Oil and Sand’ recreates an old royal home movie
On a warm summer evening in 1952, Cairo’s aristocracy gathered for a soiree at a palace belonging to King Farouk’s…
Egypt retrieves rat mummy from Germany
Archaeology
July 18, 2012
Egypt retrieves rat mummy from Germany
Cairo International Airport’s cargo terminal received an ancient ptolemaic casket including the mummy of a rat on Tuesday, which had…