Archaeology

Fatma al-Youssef, also known as Rose al-Youssef, died on 10 April 1958,* leaving an unmatched legacy: that of a woman…

For 12 years, monuments conservator Hayam Ezzat has made her maintenance rounds in January and June, treading through an old…

On 2 April 1968, tens of thousands of Egyptians, Muslims and Christians alike, congregated to see the Virgin Mary appear…

Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb was named the top cultural figure of the year by the Sheikh Zayed Book…

Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim announced Thursday that a special ministry unit had foiled an attempt to smuggle belongings of former…

History will long remember Hassan Fathy for his courageous yet unsuccessful attempt to use architecture as a tool that could…

Celebrating the diamond jubilee of its confiscation of the film “Lashin” on 17 March 1937, Egypt’s Board of Censors marked…

Almost half a century after after he passed away on 12 March 1964, the family of Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad feels…

On 12 March 1964, an Egyptian cultural legend died aged 75. For decades, Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad had engaged in intellectual…

Fourteen black granite statues of the goddess Sekhmet were found by a German mission during excavations at the temple of…