Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

Daily Dirt for Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 Seriously, who didn’t love The Bangles? … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up ...

At Montgomery County's Glencairn Museum, visitors will find an array of Christmas nativity scenes that reflect cultures from ...

Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu, in one of her poems, The Gift of India (1917). More than a century later, Shruthi ...

Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu, in one of her poems, The Gift of India (1917). More than a century later, Shruthi ...

The 32nd edition of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre launched on 1 September and continues until 8 September. The programme presents plays from Egypt and abroad, complemented ...

One of the greatest civilizations in our history belonged to the ancient Egyptians. It flourished in the fertile valleys of the world’s longest river - the Nile, where a magnificent civilization rose ...

Exhibition dolls are placed in tourist hotspots. [Photo provided to China Daily] On Aug 11 and 17, two grand carnival events will take place, with interactive games, live Egyptian drum performances, ...

Egyptians adored Isis, divine protector of the dead, for two millennia before her cult spread beyond the Nile to the rest of the Roman Empire. In this 13th-century B.C. mural from the tomb of Horemheb ...

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 ...

World leaders, including monarchs and heads of state, have attended the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. The long-delayed GEM houses more than 50,000 artifacts that show what life ...

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 ...