Cruising along the Nile is a good way to visit Upper Egypt. In 2024, Egypt welcomed a record 15.7 million tourists, up from ...

Mahmoud Mokhtar is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern Egyptian ... statues representing different provinces, portrayals of characteristics like recklessness, and the goddess Isis.

It is commonly believed that the Romans copied the Greek pantheon, merely changing the names of the gods. In reality, it wasn ...

Archaeologist Kathleen Martinez has spent more than 20 years searching for the tomb of Cleopatra VII and now claims to have ...

Dr Kathleen Martinez has been searching for the elusive tomb of Cleopatra VII for nearly two decades, and now believes she ...

Kathleen Martinez, who has been searching for the tomb of Cleopatra for nearly 20 years, has uncovered a statue believed to ...

Cairo and Luxor may quibble but Aswan boasts arguably the most ravishing setting of all Egyptian cities, located in the ...

After Amin was accused of espionage in the 1960s, the Egyptian government attempted to rename ... as seen in temple carvings and statues depicting maternal figures. The goddess Isis, known as the ...

Statue of Mut, Egyptian Museum, Turin. Credit ... While determined and passionate, they can also be impatient and aggressive when frustrated. Isis, the goddess of motherhood, mirrors Pisces’ caring, ...

Isis is known to embody the traditional Egyptian ideals of a wife ... of the gods to the people. A god or goddess was believed to live in the statue in the innermost part of the temple.

The Temple of Taposiris Magna is dedicated to Osiris, the Egyptian god of death. Some archaeologists believe this is the burial site of Cleopatra VII. Previous excavations at the temple have yielded ...