Culture
Funerary bed of King Tut packed to be transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
May 18, 2017
Funerary bed of King Tut packed to be transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
A team from the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) started packing this week Pharaoh King Tutankhamun’s treasured collection at the Egyptian…
Coptic age due to receive more attention: Culture Minister
May 18, 2017
Coptic age due to receive more attention: Culture Minister
Egyptian Minister of Culture Helmy al-Namnam said that over 10 years ago he called for the establishment of a scientific center…
Free entry to museums on International Museums Day
May 17, 2017
Free entry to museums on International Museums Day
Egypt’s museums will open their doors free-of-charge to Egyptian, Arab and foreign visitors on Thursday, May 18 as part of the…
20 photos of Aisha Fahmy’s newly renovated palace that opens today
May 17, 2017
20 photos of Aisha Fahmy’s newly renovated palace that opens today
After having its doors shut for over a decade, the Aisha Fahmy Palace in Zamalek is reopening on Wednesday after…
Metropolitan Museum of Art works to rebound from money woes
May 16, 2017
Metropolitan Museum of Art works to rebound from money woes
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a behemoth of culture and wealth, is rebounding from more than a year of internal…
Tom Cruise retweets Egypt’s new necropolis discovery
May 15, 2017
Tom Cruise retweets Egypt’s new necropolis discovery
Hollywood star Tom Cruise retweeted news about Egypt’s recent discovery of a burial site with at least 17 mummies and…
Ballet isolated in Egypt but it fires passions
May 12, 2017
Ballet isolated in Egypt but it fires passions
Ballet dancer Fady el-Nabarawy feels he can finally breathe again the moment he enters the gates of the Cairo Opera…
Robert De Niro decries Trump administration’s ‘hostility’ toward the arts
May 11, 2017
Robert De Niro decries Trump administration’s ‘hostility’ toward the arts
Robert De Niro pulled a Meryl Streep at Monday night’s Chaplin Award Gala in New York. While accepting a career…
22 TV series gain approval by censor, others slammed for indecent content
May 10, 2017
22 TV series gain approval by censor, others slammed for indecent content
Twenty-two drama series have been approved by the Censorship of Artistic Works to be screened on TV in the holy…