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Tyson starts shooting Egyptian film, co-starring Amr Saad
Heavyweight boxer was accompanied by film crew on his tour to Giza Plateau
Eighth D-CAF Festival to colour greyness of Cairo’s streets
Cultural festival will present first fully Egyptian street dance performance
Egyptian Museum celebrates women’s month by displaying two rare statues
Statues depict Shepenwepet II, daughter of King Piye, who was called ‘God’s wife of Amun’
Paris dresses up for ancient Egypt’s young king
After 50 years of absence, Tutankhamen’s belongings revisit Paris in exhibition on 21 March
Four decades of portraying women’s faces
Helmi El-Touni’s lifetime exhibition features beauty of women across his career
15th Alexandria International Book Fair kicks off on 25 March
Book fair will host more than 50 publishing houses from across country
Hawas presents booklet of Tutankhamun’s GEM displayed relics
The GEM is planned to have the whole collection of Tutankhamun’s monuments
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Ministry of Antiquities revamps worn archaeological sites
Restoration part of ministry’s latest plan to renovate abandoned archaeological sites
Second stage of 240 km El Gouna Rally launched on Friday in heart of Eastern Desert
Rahhala Racing, the winner of the El Gouna Rally for the last five years, won first place in the first phase of the eighth edition of the El Gouna Rally on Friday, led by Hani Omar as the pilot, and Co-Pilot Hany Madbouly, despite the team’s start in a very late position. While HammerHead Racing …
Art exhibition reviving Darwish’s music through rare revolution pictures
The AUC’s 1919 Revolution’s celebration also witnessed an art exhibition, held by the graphic design students who presented their vision of the revolution and Sayed Darwish’s songs in modern and digitised photographs taken for the marches which were saved among the authentic documents at the Rare Books and Special Collection Library. The students were assigned …
In a crowded Eurovision field, standouts emerge
AUC brings 1919 Revolution’s art work back to life
In two hours, Mahgoub, Eskenderella captured hearts of audience, took them back in time to revolution’s original songs
7th India by the Nile festival brings homeland’s cultural legacy to Egypt
Egypt studying launching similar cultural festival, Egypt by the Ganges, by 2020
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Strategies to help bookstores survive reader atrophy
In isthmus of road: exhibition featuring women’s alluring beauty
For me, men only present physical power, cruelty in art, says artist
Kom El-Shoqafa archaeological site fully renovated
Saving hundreds of rare relics from drowning, the Ministry of Antiquities announced completing the restoration of Kom El-Shoqafa archaeological site in Alexandria. The renovation process included lowering underground water that was threatening the relics in the tombs. The restoration was conducted with the help of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the …
Oldest tattooing tool discovered in North America
‘This gives some insight into how people used tattoos for social, spiritual status in past,’ says lead author
Medical students revive 1970s in prom photoshoot
‘I was driven by a real passion to relive the era I love the most,’ says photographer
Fritz Lang's masterpiece 'M' revisited in a dark TV series
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Checking in on Cologne's oldest Carnival association: the Rote Funken
Ancient New Kingdom’s sandstone workshop discovered in Aswan
It included 5-meter-long criosphinx statue
R. Kelly cancelled: What to do with art made by predatory men?
When a former Nazi forced labor camp houses a bowling club
French Minister of Culture visits gallery showcasing emerging Egyptian artists’ work
Visit aims to feature artistic assets, creations of young Egyptian artists
Two antiquities on display in Egyptian Museum for first time
Announcement made a day after receiving remains of Egyptian ancient mummy
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9th Hakawy Festival: arts for children’s enlightenment
Festival provides platform for eight international troupes along with nine others from Egypt
Zawya screens documentary about Egypt’s only Sumo wrestler
Boody was only Arab wrestler to win Professional Sumo League
6,500 tourists witness sunbeams illuminated Ramses II statue
Sunlight invade through the dark chamber of the Great Temple of Ramses II illuminating the pharaoh’s statue twice a year on 22 February 22 and 22 October.
Anglicisms are 'natural,' but language diversity still essential
AIWFF honours Menna Shalaby
Actress left her mark through participating in significant Egyptian films depicting country’s political scene