Luxor is world-renowned for its ancient wonders – the towering temples of Karnak and Hatshepsut, the royal tombs in the ...

Twenty years after burying him, Egyptian architect Ahmed el-Meligui was forced to exhume his grandfather's remains from a historic Cairo cemetery that is being partially razed to accommodate the ...

The neo-Pharaonic building was constructed in the 1930's by famous Egyptian architect Mostafa Fahmy. In 1936, former prime minister and beloved revolutionary Saad Zaghloul was interred there nine ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Dr Joann Fletcher enters the tomb of an ancient Egyptian architect called Kha. She travels to the Valley of the Kings to meet Steve Cross, who is an expert on tombs. Together they take a look at ...

Dr Joann Fletcher visits the village of Demi to try and understand more about the life of an ancient Egyptian architect called Kha, and his wife, Meryt. Joann visits ‘The Great Pit’ to examine ...

In architecture, the Chrysler Building is one of the most famous art deco buildings to showcase Egyptian influences, with the crown of the skyscraper decorated in radiating sunburst patterns and ...