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A rather spectacular tomb (mastaba) was recently excavated in the necropolis of Saqqara in the Giza campus , a burial grounds for the roy...

Having rescinded the presidential decree recognising him as the patriarch of the See of Saint Mark by Anwar Sadat after a contentious d...

Through a series of photographs capturing the outlines of the ensemble of the Pyramids at Giza shrouded in mist, we discover the extensiv...

When originally approached by the Ottoman Pasha Isma’il of the Khedive of Egypt to produce an opera celebrating the opening of the Suez Ca...

Credited as the prime negotiation tactic of US diplomat Henry Kissinger, employed both as a way to mask an irreconcilable impasse when side...

Occurring this day in 1973 after Egyptian forces had advanced beyond the Israeli line of defence during the previous engagement, the Battle...

To replace materiel spent in the first four days of the conflict, the Soviet Union began an airlift on this day in 1973 of military equipm...

An earlier iteration of Egyptomania gripped the public in Europe following Napoleon’s 1798 campaign in the Ottoman Levant to secure the...

The entrance discovered the previous November with little countenance of what lie beneath, on this day in 1923 with twenty invited witne...

Via Strange Company’s Weekend Link Dump , we are introduced to the circle of creatves of the Art et Liberté ( جماعة الفن والحرية) Surreali...

Early third century wonder-worker and Coptic soldier in the Roman army martyred for refusing to recant his Christian faith, Menas (Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲏⲛ...

On this day in 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter and team, sponsored by patron George Herbert, Earl of Carnavon, discovered the first step...

On this day two centuries ago, and with the express permission of the Pasha of Egypt, adventurer and pioneering archaeologist Giovanni Batti...

I do not know what to believe about the developing situation in Egypt and regret that I have not invested time in educating myself, since th...

The situation in North Africa and the Mid-East is still explosive, and despite progress won there is a distinct and present risk of recid...

The establishment is attempting to simonize some fatalistic pronouncements, wresting the revolt from the people and recasting it as a choi...