Once iconic figures of Egypt's cinematic golden age, belly dancers have watched their prestige wane, their art increasingly confined to nightclubs and wedding halls.

Granted by presidential decree, the Legion of Honour, the country’s highest national distinction, is conferred exclusively ...

The Brooklyn Museum has unveiled a diverse lineup of July events designed to engage visitors of all ages and celebrate art ...

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

In a cozy apartment in Maadi, the light filters inside the room where a 46-year-old cartoonist holds a pad and a digital pen, ...

Empire of the Elite,” by Michael M. Grynbaum, is a story of (mostly) insider-outsiders who helmed the glossiest American ...

The nation’s preeminent museum returns a stunning collection to view.

Yi Wong re-examines the destruction of Hatshepsut's statues, suggesting ritualistic deactivation rather than revenge by ...

We asked him to explain. Who was Queen Hatshepsut and why was she ... Harry Burton (1929)/© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art Archives The statues that formed the subject of ...

The 25-year-old collaborative installation, which recently dropped anchor in Ontario, will travel to Uzbekistan next ...

In plain sight: The ‘blueprint’ for new Manchester neighbourhoods has a 10-acre park surrounded by affordable apartments, ...