The show—“Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession”—features examples of ancient designs and the more modern creations they inspired. A purse, created by the London-based Egyptian ...

Thus, representations of astronomical phenomena were fitting subjects for Egyptian temples. One part of the ceiling features depictions of moon deities standing atop disks in which images of the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Egyptian settlement beneath Hellenistic ruins in the north-western Nile delta that may be as many as 3500 years old. The find provides new evidence of ...

The earliest known synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue is found in some of ... The powder sticks to the unique features of any fingerprints, providing visual proof that an individual was there.

Artworks and inscriptions fromancient Egypt are often filled with symbolic geography—stylized representations of known and mythological lands. It’s possible that what looks like a map of the ...

The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) is a big and highly venomous member of the family Elapidae, the cobras. They are widespread in ...

The frequency of the power cuts subsided in the past week. But that didn't stop Egypt's Electricity Minister Ahmed Shaker from issuing a statement expressing his wish to solve the problem ...

At Sayeda Zeinab, neighbours join forces during Ramadan to serve meals, fostering community and compassion in Cairo.