Ancient Greece's cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought—new research
While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...
Nile leader Karl Sanders on the fun of the 80s, being a black belt badass and how to stay authentic while writing death metal about ancient Egypt
Nile are one of death metal's most reliably consistent bands. We caught up with mainman Karl Sanders for some lessons on life ...
El Gouna, Egypt: An Investor’s Nirvana on the Red Sea
Tuban—the largest premium mix-use district to date in Orascom Development’s fully integrated and sustainable town, El Gouna.
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To Understand Egypt, Meet My Friend, a Political Prisoner
When we were younger, my friend Alaa Abd El Fattah and I didn’t know just how intimately prison, and state violence, would shape our lives.
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Egypt’s Alaa Al Aswany: ‘The dictatorship has made my life impossible’
In his new novel, ‘Au soir d’Alexandrie’, the Egyptian author examines his country’s society under the rule of Gamal Abdel ...
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Undeciphered symbols may be key to origin of world's oldest writing system
Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...
Scans help solve a 3,000-year-old mystery of a high-status Egyptian woman
Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.
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The Intricate Coffins That Shed Light On An Overlooked Period Of Egyptian History
In October 2023, Egyptologists discovered coffins adorned with hieroglyphics that shed new light on an oft overlooked period ...
Mysterious engraved pictographs may have led to the earliest form of writing
A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...