Artist Beshoy Zaraa describes the tradition of painting the Christian story of the nativity of Jesus in Egyptian art to Al-Ahram Weekly. On the eve of 7 January, Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox ...

Show more In a visual treat taking in Egypt's greatest historical sites, Alastair Sooke tells the story of ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces. Tracing the origins of Egypt ...

The painting features a woman with yellow-coloured ... The Supreme Council of Antiquities Secretary General Mostafa Waziry told The Egyptian Gazette: "It is a rare and important scene.

You can see some faint figures in the painting. I was imagining people shouting from the windows, people sleeping in crowded rooms — perhaps nine to a room, people in the streets. Egyptian ...