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Four young Egyptian women, wearing headscarves, leggings and boxing gloves, punch and kick each other, encouraged by their ...

Two young Egyptian women whose jail sentences for posting on TikTok were overturned earlier this week will have to stay in prison for another two weeks and face human trafficking charges, a lawyer ...

As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

Ma’at was one of the most important goddesses of the ancient world. Ancient Egyptians believed that she was the one who held ...

Anticipation is building as Stirling Smith Museum unveils Ancient Sudan: Enduring Heritage — a free British Museum exhibition celebrating ...

In the beginning, there were only myths. For the Greeks, the island of Crete was a distant and strange land and yet the site of some their most important traditions: Zeus was taken there to save him ...

Egypt on Saturday is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, aiming to boost tourism and revitalize the economy. Located near ...

A circle of figures, cloaked in ritual robes, stands in a clearing as the last light of day disappears behind the trees. A ...

The ancient Egyptians ran an efficiently organised health service which was open to everyone, irrespective of wealth or class ...

Only moving to wipe the moisture off my heated brow in the searing Egyptian sun, I gazed open-mouthed as I stood in front of ...