When I opened the poetry collection (Before the Sea Awakens) by the Iraqi poet Hussein Al-Sayyab, I felt as though I were ...

The debate allows the ruling party to articulate its cultural and nationalistic agenda and engage with the discourse around ...

Archaeologists working in Egypt have brought to light a remarkably preserved funerary papyrus that specialists are already ...

“How Can I Keep from Singing?” is an American folksong originating as a Christian hymn. The author of the lyrics was known ...

Queen Nefertiti co-ruled with Pharaoh Akhenaten, whose reign transformed ancient Egypt's religion and gender roles in the ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

The museum’s most anticipated exhibit is the full 5,500 items from King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Egyptians say it’s time to experience their most precious antiquities at home. The museum’s most anticipated ...

After two decades and an estimated cost of $1bn, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) opened its doors to the public on Tuesday, just a few days after the official opening ceremony on Saturday. Regarded as ...

The $1 billion project faced repeated setbacks. CAIRO -- Egypt on Saturday held a glittering ceremony attended by European and Arab royals and presidents to mark the long-awaited full opening of the ...

Egypt opened the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on Saturday in a lavish, spectacle laden ceremony, which Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said was "a new chapter in the history of the ...

Cairo — Egypt's government hosted dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday as it held an official opening ceremony for the Grand Egyptian Museum, a $1 billion project decades in the ...

Cairo is set to open the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum that Egypt hopes will celebrate the nation’s heritage and also revitalise its struggling economy and tourism sector. According to a ...