A small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.

Instilling an appreciation of art from both Egypt and the wider Middle East is also an aim for the fair’s talks programmed, dubbed Hiwar, or dialogue in Arabic.

With such large-scale works, a primary goal of the exhibition is to democratize art, a particularly meaningful intention in the region, Abdel Ghaffer explains. “We [Egypt] only have one contemporary ...

The structures, symbols, and images of ancient Egypt became fashionable features of European art and architecture. Europe's Egypt obsession led to its first museums of archaeology Goaded on by ...

Keith Amery, a researcher and master in Egyptian archaeology, tells The Art Newspaper that “only a couple of small tombs for private individuals have been discovered in the Valley since ...

The last missing tomb of a king from Ancient Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty, King Thutmose II, has been found by researchers, marking the first royal burial to be unearthed since the discovery of ...

References included Eldorado, which started as a space for European art before being taken over by Egyptian artists who allowed for the evolution of belly dance in terms of style. Eldorado ...