Take an architectural tour of Cairo with Salem Charabi

I moved to Cairo full-time this summer. There’s an unfathomable vastness to the city that’s not just physical but present in ...
Ancient Architects on MSN

How a forgotten pyramid could reveal Egypt’s biggest architectural leap

The story of Egypt’s pyramids doesn’t start at Giza. It starts with a pharaoh who defied tradition, redesigned burial architecture, and built three colossal monuments with no precedent. That pharaoh ...
Hebdo Ahram

Egypt, UNESCO launch architecture academy to drive sustainable urban development

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Tuesday inaugurated the International Academy for Architecture and Urbanism (IAAU) in the New Administrative Capital, hailing it as a global hub for ...
PBS

Karnak featuring obelisks

The New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was a golden age of architecture and art. A variety of factors combined to make the New Kingdom one of the most creative cultures of the ancient world. The empire that ...
Greek Reporter

Sanskrit–Greek Stele and Buddha Statue Found in Ancient Greek City of Berenike in Egypt

A Sanskrit–Greek stele and Buddha statue found in ancient Berenike, Egypt, reveal deep cultural links between Indian traders ...
KLFY News 10

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture to design first project in Egypt's New Administrative Capital

CAIRO, April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- World-renowned architect Adrian Smith along with his partners Gordon Gill and Robert Forest, representing their international design firm, Adrian Smith + Gordon ...
Factinate Media Group on MSN

Archaeologists conducted a joint mission and uncovered a rare find at the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut: 1,500 richly decorated stone blocks.

Archaeologists and restoration specialists began the painstaking work at Queen Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari ...
CU Boulder News & Events

AIA lecture: Imagining a Greek Home for an Egyptian Goddess: Time, Landscape, and Architecture in Greek Sanctuaries to Isis

When Isis first arrived on Greek shores in the 3rd century BCE, her new followers had to build sanctuaries appropriate to an Egyptian goddess. In the process of imagining a place for their Greek Isis ...
NOLA.com

Egyptian style, as in a cemetery's 181-year-old gates, is still influencing New Orleans architecture

Maybe those Egyptian pharaohs were on to something. You don’t have to be Indiana Jones to know they were consumed with the idea of eternal life. And if enduring influence after one’s years have passed ...