Egypt's Golden Empire is a new three-part BBC documentary that chronicles the rise and development of ancient Egypt's New Kingdom. Host Bob Edwards talks with the documentary's producer, Ciara Byrne, ...

Egypt has accused Netflix of misrepresenting Cleopatra by framing her as a Black woman. Dr. Mustafa Waziri of the Supreme Council of Archeology said it's a "blatant historical fallacy." The ...

The Egyptian antiquities ministry has said that Cleopatra was “white-skinned” amid a casting row surrounding Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra. In the documentary, which is being narrated by Jada Pinkett ...

Presidents, prime ministers and royalty descended on Giza in Egypt on Saturday (November 1) to attend the spectacle-laden inauguration of a sprawling new museum built near the Pyramids to house one of ...

Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing “African Queens” docu-series “Queen Cleopatra,” which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched counterprogramming plans ...

After more than 20 years under construction, the Grand Egyptian Museum will finally open this weekend, promising more than 50 ...

The Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival’s Cinemed industry section has teamed up with Beirut-based cultural nonprofit Aflamuna on a new initiative, under which 10 film and doc projects from a wide ...

Women filmmakers ages 23 to 40 can apply to this free training on the artistic techniques of documentary filmmaking in Cairo, Egypt. The Between Women Filmmakers’ Caravan is accepting applications for ...

The Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, founded by Reinhold Merkelbach und Ludwig Koenen in 1967, publishes four to five volumes per year, altogether 162 volumes since 1967. It publishes ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Square," a film that follows activists in Cairo's Tahrir Square following the 2011 overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, won the award for best feature ...

Footage shows heavy equipment from Egypt entering Gaza and digging through rubble. The Times of Israel reports that Prime ...

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright cancels his upcoming six-day visit to Israel after Energy Minister Eli Cohen refuses to sign off on a massive gas export agreement recently agreed upon between ...