In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

By Martin ClarkSome people think of mosaic making as a craft but really good mosaicists can introduce perspective, depth of ...

Jordan's King Abdullah, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and French President Emmanuel Macron pose during a trilateral summit to discuss the situation in Gaza, at the Presidential Palace in ...

An Egyptian source told the newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat that the Egyptian proposal for an agreement with Hamas, presented to representatives of the terrorist organization, includes the release of ...

April 7 (UPI) --Leaders from Egypt, France and Jordan on Monday urged President Donald Trump in a phone call "to urgently secure a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip" with Hamas and Israel. Later Monday ...

Amira joined Newsweek in 2025 from The Wall Street Journal and had previously worked at the Daily News Egypt. She studied journalism at the Modern Sciences and Arts University in Cairo.

Egypt’s currency plunged the most since last year’s devaluation to hit a record low after US President Donald Trump’s tariffs roiled global markets. The pound fell more than 2% on the ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

CAIRO — Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic ...

A top Hamas official said on Saturday the group approved a new Gaza ceasefire proposal put forth by mediators, urging Israel to back it but warning the Iran-backed group's weapons were a "red line ...

The Palestinian jihadists of Hamas have greenlit the Egyptian proposal to release five living hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire, an unnamed Israeli official told local media Saturday.

March 28 (UPI) --An Egyptian free diver plunged into the Red Sea to break the Guinness World Record for the most pull-ups under open water with one breath. Ramy Abdelhamid, 36, swam 29 feet and 6 ...