The country’s modern culture is permeated with traditions that date back thousands of years. This blend of ancient and contemporary is evident in everything from music, art, and architecture to ...

Backlash as performer accused of misrepresenting Egypt at US music fest Egyptian performer Mohammed Ramadan appeared wearing an outfit likened to a belly-dance costume at a recent US music festival.

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...

Pharaoh Ramesses II holding an Egyptian passport may sound like something out of a bizarre pub quiz, but it’s not a joke. Credit: Colin Hepburn / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 It sounds like something out of ...

Stark warning over sending pilgrims through illegal means to Saudi Arabia Cairo: Egypt has toughened measures against illegal attempts to send irregular pilgrims to Saudi Arabia ahead of the ...

BEIRUT — Egypt and China launched first military drills between their air forces in Egypt’s airspace dubbed “Eagles of Civilization 2025,” in what analysts said suggested closer ties ...

A newly unearthed settlement in Egypt’s north-western Nile Delta dates back around 3,400 years to the New Kingdom era and features a temple believed to have been dedicated to Pharaoh Ramesses II.

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Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has become sick after spending more than 50 days on a hunger strike in prison, his family said on Tuesday. The political activist has spent more than a ...