A collection of ancient Egyptian amulets acquired by Florence Nightingale in the winter of 1849 when she went on an adventurous Egyptian ho...

Ancient Egypt was one of the most feminist societies ever, here's how Although the West tends to nod to ancient Greece when rememberi...

PLOS ONE: Queen Nefertari, the Royal Spouse of Pharaoh Ramses II: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of the Mummified Remains Found in Her To...

“To speak the names of the dead is to make them live again.” –The Book of the Dead There is no more apt way to introduce celebrated...

Following on from this June post on Egypt: Virginity Test On Female Protestors , comes this update from VOA : Perhaps more surprising than a...

From the Guardian : Forced "virginity tests" on female detainees were ruled illegal in Egypt on Tuesday, after a court ordered an ...

From Bikyamasr : In yet another sign of the poor treatment of women in Egypt, its military rulers attempted to defend so-called ‘virginity’ ...

From The Atlanta Post : For the first time in the history of Egypt, a woman is running for president. Buthayna Kamel, a 49-year-old talk sh...

From Ahram Online : No film in Egypt's recent history has attempted the task of addressing the problem of sexual harassment with as much...

From the Belfast Telegraph : Officially, Egypt has no "honour" killings. Young women may commit suicide, yes, but they are never m...

From the Times of India : The council of state’s association voted by an overwhelming majority against appointing women as judges in the cou...

From The Indpendent : The remains of a temple of Queen Berenike - wife of King Ptolemy III - have been discovered by archaeologists in Alexa...

From the Tehran Times : The blackclad “ladyguards” provide a niche service to women who have broken through the Arab world's glass ceili...

The Post Mortem Two things which struck me: (1) I think you need to know your Cleopatra as they did not go into a great deal of detail abou...

From Associated Press : Egypt's top Islamic cleric is planning to ban students wearing the face veil from entering the schools of al-Azh...

From Associated Pres s: Conservative Egyptian lawmakers have called for a ban on imports of a Chinese-made kit meant to help women fake thei...

Found this rather interesting article by Dr Karl on ABC Science that you may find interesting. The world is fascinated by Cleopatra. Cleopa...

From Gulf News : The two houses of the Egyptian parliament this week approved a controversial bill, allocating 64 seats in the legislature f...

Further to my previous posts, comes this update from the Egyptian State Information Service : Dominican archaeological mission has discovere...

Further to my posts: Queen Sesheshet and Noblewomen's Tomb In Saqqara , and from Haaretz.com : The pyramid in which the queen, Seshesh...