Egyptian authorities have reopened the tomb of Amenhotep III to the public after more than two decades of restorations. The huge tomb is located in a secluded part of the Valley of the Kings outside ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Cats. You can’t deny they have a certain mystique. Long before we were making memes about them on the internet, ...

Unesco is set to appoint its first director-general from the Arab world after Khaled el-Enany, an Egyptian academic and former government minister, was nominated by the executive board of the United ...

Egyptian entrepreneur and belly dancer Nada El Masriya. Photo by Dave Abreu. Nada El Masriya grew up in Cairo where music and dance played a big part in her everyday life. A vital part of Egyptian ...

Mouse collector, deity, Satan’s messenger, or beloved family member? The history of the cat is long and marked by ups and downs. It all began with domestication tens of thousands of years ago, when ...

From the Egyptian pyramids to the Nasca (Nazca) Lines, these ancient sites are some of the most enigmatic constructions on Earth. The sun sets behind Easter Island's monolithic statues. Relics like ...

Revolutionary discoveries in Egypt's Eastern Desert are rewriting our understanding of how the world's earliest pharaohs established their authority over 5,000 years ago. Recent studies of ancient ...

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