The “Romans” in this case were Hellenised Egyptians and Egyptianised Greeks who used a small public bath in a town at the edge of the Fayum oasis in Roman times some 1700 years ago. … Read more

Sultan Qaitbey’s area within the “City of the Dead” in Cairo saw another Sultan’s Fair organised by ARCHiNOS on 18 March 2016. A photographic exhibition “Mothers and Daughters” celebrated the upcoming Mother’s Day in … Read more

The cosy small square overlooked by the monumental façade of Sultan Qaitbey’s reception hall in Cairo’s “City of the Dead” is becoming an outdoors art display. As the facades around the square are renovated … Read more

The opening of the cultural centre in the adapted maq’ad of Sultan Qaitbey in the “City of the Dead” in Cairo is still more than a year away, but cultural events organised by ARCHiNOS … Read more

Architects have to be skilled in presenting comprehensible three-dimensional representations of buildings and spaces that do not physically exist but are just conceived as designs for future construction. Dr Tarek Swelim, a renowned historian … Read more

A ceremony held on 26 October 2015 at the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities celebrated (with some delay) the completion of an open-air museum in Kom Aushim in Fayum, the site of ancient Karanis. The … Read more