February 06
Africa: Microplastics Found in Nile River's Tilapia Fish - New Study
The Nile is one of the world's most famous rivers. It's also Africa's most important freshwater system. About 300 million people live in the 11 countries it flows through. Many… Read more »
November 17, 2023
Egypt: Did Napoleon Really Fire At the Pyramids?
Directors of historical feature films face a difficult task. How can they make the characters familiar to an audience without reducing them to caricature? How can they make sure… Read more »
November 07, 2023
Egypt: Egypt's President Faces Election Amid Economic Woes
The bitter conflict between Israel and Hamas could not have come at a worse time for Egypt. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former military strongman who seized power in 2013 amid the… Read more »
October 16, 2023
Egypt: Ancient Egypt Had Far More Venomous Snakes Than the Country Today
How much can the written records of ancient civilisations tell us about the animals they lived alongside? Our latest research, based on the venomous snakes described in an ancient… Read more »
Egypt: Hamas-Israeli Conflict - What's At Stake for Egypt
As the Israeli-Hamas crisis continues, a great deal of focus is shifting to Egypt. Egypt shares a border with both Israel and Gaza - the narrow strip of Palestinian territory which… Read more »
Egypt: Egypt's Rafah Crossing Is a Lifeline to Palestinians Living in Gaza - but Opening It Is Still Unresolved
Israel's siege on the Gaza Strip - after a devastating Hamas attack on Israel - has caused alarm in Egypt. Egypt shares a 12km-long border with Gaza and controls the main exit… Read more »
August 31, 2023
Egypt: What Would an Ancient Egyptian Corpse Have Smelled Like? Pine, Balsam and Bitumen - If You Were Nobility
In 1900 - some 22 years before he discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen - British archaeologist Howard Carter opened another tomb in the Valley of the Kings. In tomb KV42, Carter… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Egypt: How Hidden Details in Ancient Egyptian Tomb Paintings Are Revealed By Chemical Imaging
The walls of ancient Egyptian tombs can teach us much about the lives of the pharaohs and their entourages. Tomb paintings showed the deceased and their immediate family members… Read more »
July 26, 2023
Egypt: Egypt and Ethiopia Are Finally Working On a Water Deal - What That Means for Other Nile River States
Egypt and Ethiopia have waged a diplomatic war of words over Ethiopia's massive new dam - the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - on the Blue Nile, which started filling up in July… Read more »
June 09, 2023
Egypt: Never Mind Cleopatra - What About the Forgotten Queens of Ancient Nubia?
Jada Pinkett Smith's new Netflix documentary series on Cleopatra aims to spotlight powerful African queens. "We don't often get to see or hear stories about Black queens, and that… Read more »
May 05, 2023
Africa: Queen Cleopatra - Experts Save This Poorly Scripted Netflix Docuseries
The trailer for Netflix's new four-part documentary series, Queen Cleopatra, was deliberately provocative. Promoting the show as executive produced by actress Jada Pinkett-Smith,… Read more »
May 09, 2023
Egypt: Cleopatra's Skin Colour Didn't Matter in Ancient Egypt - Her Strategic Role in World History Did
Cleopatra, queen of Egypt in the years 51-30 BC, is back in the news thanks to a controversial docudrama series on Netflix called Queen Cleopatra. Much debate has raged about her… Read more »
March 02, 2023
Egypt: Five Discoveries That Changed Our Understanding of How the Ancient Egyptians Created Mummies
Centuries after the first golden coffins were taken to Europe, ancient Egyptian mummies still vividly capture people's imaginations. Perhaps we're awed by the grandeur of their… Read more »
February 28, 2023
Africa: Germany's New Migration Policy Could Take Away Vital Talent From Several African Countries
Germany has announced a project for migrant centres in five African countries which would offer a select category of Africans the possibility of settling on its soil. The… Read more »
February 06, 2023
Egypt: Archaeologists Have Discovered a Mummy Wrapped in Gold - Here's What It Tells Us About Ancient Egyptian Beliefs
In January 2023, a group of archaeologists excavating tombs in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, near Cairo, discovered the mummified remains of a man named Hekashepes, who lived… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Egypt: Why the Discovery of Cleopatra's Tomb Would Rewrite History
It couldn't have been a case of better timing. Egyptologists celebrating the centenary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, now have a promising new archaeological… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Africa: Can an African Team Win the World Cup?
Many football lovers hope an African team will finally win the men's 2022 Fifa World Cup. The world has been waiting for this since the great Brazilian player Pelé predicted… Read more »
November 13, 2022
Egypt: COP27 Shines Light On Civil Liberties in Egypt, but It'll Take Work to Achieve Real Freedom
The ability to speak freely in Egypt is currently very constrained. Individuals, groups and NGOs face significant barriers to participation in the political process. And the same… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Egypt: Why Tutankhamun's Curse Continues to Fascinate, 100 Years After His Discovery
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 was a monumental event for archaeology. It was the first largely intact ancient Egyptian royal tomb to be found and hence provided major… Read more »
Egypt: Five Things Science Has Told Us About the Mummy of Tutankhamun
One hundred years ago, our understanding of ancient Egypt changed forever when the tomb of King Tutankhamun was found on November 4, 1922 in the Valley of Kings. Born around… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Egypt: Podcasting in Egypt - How Feminist Activism Has Emerged Through Shared Stories
After more than a decade of teaching audio production to my college students in Cairo, it finally dawned on me that podcasts themselves can serve as teaching tools that highlight… Read more »
July 19, 2022
Africa: Superstars Sadio Mané and Mo Salah Eclipse African Football At Home
Senegal's Sadio Mané and Egypt's Mo Salah are among 10 players nominated for the African Footballer of the Year prize at this year's Caf Awards held by the Confederation of… Read more »