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Egypt to unveil Saqqara area’s largest archaeological discovery this week
Archaeology
November 9, 2020
Egypt to unveil Saqqara area’s largest archaeological discovery this week
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is set to announce this week what it claims to be Saqqara’s largest…
Christians: The Salt of the Arab-Islamic Civilization
Opinion
November 6, 2020
Christians: The Salt of the Arab-Islamic Civilization
Historians agree unanimously on the importance Christianity’s role in the Arab renaissance in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.…
Video: Netflix’s ‘Secrets of the Saqqara’ Tomb takes Egyptians on a journey into their own civilization
Cinema/TV
November 3, 2020
Video: Netflix’s ‘Secrets of the Saqqara’ Tomb takes Egyptians on a journey into their own civilization
Remember that famous shot of the Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, descending on a rope into a deep well to…
Photo tour: With a LEone billion makeover, Egypt reopens 3 museums to the public in different governorates
Archaeology
November 1, 2020
Photo tour: With a LEone billion makeover, Egypt reopens 3 museums to the public in different governorates
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday opened three museums which had ceased work since 2011 at a total cost…
Israeli museum postpones plans to sell Islamic antiquities
Middle East
October 27, 2020
Israeli museum postpones plans to sell Islamic antiquities
JERUSALEM (AP) — A museum in Israel on Monday postponed its planned auction of dozens of rare Islamic antiquities after…
Religion and Technology: Which One Separates and Which One Unites?
Opinion
October 7, 2020
Religion and Technology: Which One Separates and Which One Unites?
For many decades, this gloomy East has been living what might be called a “curse of civilization”. History began here,…
Egypt’s Tourism Minister: Grand Egyptian Museum to house Tutankhamun’s mask upon inaugration
Egypt
October 5, 2020
Egypt’s Tourism Minister: Grand Egyptian Museum to house Tutankhamun’s mask upon inaugration
The opening of Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza will foster a noticeable leap in tourism, according to the…
Belgian city finds its former mayor’s heart in a fountain
World
September 11, 2020
Belgian city finds its former mayor’s heart in a fountain
VERVIERS (Reuters) – For years it was just an urban myth. Then the diggers moved in and found it was…
Turning 100: Lebanon, a nation branded by upheaval, crises
Middle East
August 31, 2020
Turning 100: Lebanon, a nation branded by upheaval, crises
BEIRUT (AP) — It was a century ago on Sept. 1, 1920, that a French general, Henri Gouraud, stood on…
After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque
Middle East
August 22, 2020
After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque Friday, a move that…