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In Ancient Egypt, 1,500 years before Christ, cats were not only companions but afforded almost godly status. In a more ...
A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...
As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, ...
Majda, Monika and Heidi are part of the Panorama theatre troupe in the village of El Barsha, a small Coptic Christian community in the south of Egypt. As they devise and perform plays in the ...
“Spring Came on Laughing,” the only Egyptian film in competition at the Cairo Film Festival, is the debut feature of Noha Adel. It is rich in music and messy, full of noisy life, taking the ...
The tomb of a high-ranking ancient Egyptian woman has been found thousands of years after her death, the Egyptian Ministries of Tourism and Antiquities has announced ...
A drawing that scientists discovered in the coffin of an Egyptian mummy aged 3,500 years old has stunned everyone. On the inner lid of the sarcophagus archaeologists saw the image of a woman in long ...
6 Must-Watch Cartoons in Egyptian Dialect Ever wondered how your favorite childhood cartoons would sound in Egyptian Arabic? Well, you’re in luck! These classic films have been expertly translated to ...
The "Screaming Woman," found in Luxor in the Theban Necropolis, is now housed at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. (photo courtesy Sahar Saleem) Expensive funerary attire The Screaming Woman was adorned in ...
The face of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in 1935 near Luxor, is seen at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, January 18, 2023 in this handout photograph released on August 2, 2024.
An ancient Egyptian mummy who was found wearing a black wig and had a “screaming” face may have died wailing in pain around 3,000 years ago, scientists believe. Nicknamed the “Screaming ...
New analysis of a 3,500-year-old mummy known as the “Screaming Woman” may revise what makes for a “good” versus “bad” mummification —and potentially solve a mystery that has ...