Items related to cultural heritage

Cairo's famous citadel falls into darkness for Earth Hour 2010.
Drums, folkloric art festival at Citadel starting 19 April
MENA 04 Apr 2013
The International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts will start in Cairo on 19 April. The seven-day festival is...
Dahshour antiquities site threatened as residents, authorities fight to settle scores
Steven Viney 17 Jan 2013
The Dahshour antiquities site south of Sakkara finds itself in a difficult situation as residents, antiquity...
Cornice in Alexandria, May 16, 2010.
Update: Culture minister to investigate Alexandria book market destruction
Al-Masry Al-Youm 07 Sep 2012
Alexandria security services destroyed a book market on Al-Nabi Daniel Street in the early hours of Friday morning on...
The Belgium publishing house “Fond Mercator” has recently published “Heliopolis”, a 240-pages richly illustrated coffee table book that studies the different historic stages of the Heliopolis neighbourhood.
Independent heritage initiatives: A first step to linking communities to their own histories
Fatma Keshk 09 May 2012
  Since the 18th century, Egypt has had a public authority responsible for the registration, inventory and...