cultural heritage

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cultural heritage • 17 min read

Layers of history: The Sinai Palimpsests’ Project

Jenna Le Bras | 3 texts by Hippocrates and a 6th-century copy of the 1st Epistle of Paul to Timothy have been found

7 January 2018

cultural heritage • 19 min read

Megawra: Making sure heritage is a resource, not a burden

Lara El Gibaly | An architect, a historian and a storyteller walk into a shrine…

7 March 2017

cinema • 10 min read

Will a hashtag campaign help bring back Upper Egyptian cinemas?

Mai Shams El-Din | Dozens have been using a hashtag to demand the repoening of Upper Egypt's cinemas

20 February 2017

cultural heritage • 14 min read

The Red Monastery: Egypt’s last Byzantine monument

Karoline Kamel | Pharaonic land, Christian sanctuary, Muslim workers

10 February 2017

cultural heritage • 9 min read

Keeping track of the artifacts: On the Egyptian Museum’s Registration, Collections Management and Documentation Department

Meredith Brand | A look at the Egyptian Museum’s remarkable Registration, Collections Management and Documentation Department.

16 October 2016

archaeology • 3 min read

Introducing a series on Egyptology, archaeology and heritage management in Egypt

Meredith Brand | Neglect and mismanagement are accusations that permeate any discussion of Egypt’s cultural heritage.

15 October 2016

cinema • 7 min read

Young heritage enthusiasts give Port Said’s Cinema Rio a make-over

Rowan El Shimi | Port Said residents to see Zawya films in splendid old venue this weekend.

14 October 2016

art in public space • 7 min read

City Shadows and a DIY toolkit for art in abandoned spaces

Rowan El Shimi | Mahatat's City Shadows exhibition in Port Said was a good start to a pioneering project centered around

28 July 2016

Townhouse • 16 min read

10 Nabrawy Street, in danger again, points to web of interests behind demolitions

Rowan El Shimi | Why are so many owners of historic buildings in Egypt eager to let their buildings fall? Rowan El Shimi

14 July 2016

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Opinion

Amro Ali

A frightening vision: On plans to rebuild the Alexandria Lighthouse

It's no easy feat to restore the seventh wonder of the ancient world, but then along came modern-day

2 July 2015

Mahmoud MM Riad

Erasing History: Why demolishing the NDP building is a mistake

As I type this article, I can see the bulldozers start to tear apart the building which once paid host

31 May 2015

News

Ancient Egyptian artifacts • 4 min read

US museum auctions ancient Egyptian artifacts despite international outcry

28 October 2016

Ancient Egyptian artifacts • 3 min read

Antiquities Ministry recovers ancient Egyptian tablet from Paris auction house

4 July 2016

Alexandria • 4 min read

Sudden renovation of Alexandria’s Raml Station spreads online panic

14 April 2016

Alexandria • 3 min read

Egypt to reconstruct ancient lighthouse in Alexandria

7 May 2015

Antiquities Ministry • 2 min read

Minister refutes reports of damaged pyramid, blames Morsi supporters for rumors

16 September 2014

Ancient Egyptian artifacts • 3 min read

London auction house goes ahead with sale of contested Egyptian artifact

11 July 2014

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