As iconic as the Nile River itself, the felucca — a traditional wooden sailing boat— has been a symbol of transportation, trade, and leisure in Egypt for thousands of years.

It used to be that only kings sat on chairs, now everyone sits on a chair.

When we think of the pottery of Fayoum, almost immediately the village of Tunis jumps to the forefront of our minds with its colorful plates decorated with drawings of rural life.

The oldest known baskets were discovered in the Governorate of Fayoum just a 100 kilometers southwest of Cairo.

More than three thousand years ago began a phenomenon in ancient Egypt that would become one of the most popular representations of Halloween — the Scarecrow.

It’s not often that you see a military commander start his own band, let alone a jazz band back in the 60s. But Salah Ragab was no ordinary person.

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Saint Catherine’s Monastery is the oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery.

The temporary red dye we call henna comes from the henna tree, also known as lawsonia inermis.

Though gift-giving has existed among our prehistoric ancestors, the ancient Egyptians were one of first civilizations to give gifts as a cultural and religious practice in its own right.

In Egypt one of the most iconic sights of the end of summer is the fruiting date palm carrying bunches and bunches of beautiful ripe dates, ranging from yellow to red and dark brown.

Though the distinction between inside and outside was much more fluid in the past, it seems that this practice of co-mingling between humans and plants inside has been going on for millennia.

Egyptians certainly love their cumin. We love everything about it — its warm and woody aroma, its citrusy flavor, the fact that it adds a little freshness and oomph to just about any dish.

Celebrated on August 15 and traditionally observed for two weeks, the Flooding of the Nile commemorates the treasure upon which the entirety of the Egyptian civilization was built — the Nile River.

Only 100 km from Cairo, situated in the northeast of Egypt on the west bank of the Suez Canal is the governorate of Ismailia — home to the infamous Egyptian mango.

Just as popular as cotton is today, linen had been in the ancient world. In fact until the invention of the cotton gin in the 1700s, linen was the most popular fabric across the globe.

Described by some as the oldest dance in the world, belly dancing is said to date back at least to the time of Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.)

Born to a Scottish mother and an Egyptian father, Magda Saleh was raised in Cairo during a very special moment in Egypt’s cultural history where the state sponsored the arts in government-funded schools encouraging many cultural exchange programs between Egyptian artists and those from other countries.

Tahtib is a stick-fighting marital art that originated about 5000 years ago in ancient Egypt as a method for training soldiers for combat.

During the first half of the 20th century, the era of two world wars and a time in history where advancements in science and technology were used for warfare, a relatively unknown young Egyptian nuclear scientist named Sameera Moussa set out on a life mission to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

With the arrival of the summer heat comes the arrival of summer’s favorite giant fruit — The Watermelon. It is everything you want and love about a summer fruit.