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A Feast Fit for a Sultan

The grand reception room of the onetime palace of Sultan Qaitbey in the Desert of the Mamluks is a huge hall, but on 5 June 2018 it filled up when staff, collaborators, and friends … Read more

From Cairo to London

As part of London Craft Week, on 10 May 2018 Agnieszka Dobrowolska and Bill Amberg gave a public lecture in the esteemed Leighton House Museum in London, presenting our team’s work in the ‘City … Read more

Sultan’s Fair Celebrates Leather Craft

On 17 April 2018, the courtyard in front of the maq‘ad of al-Ashraf Qaitbey saw another Sultan’s Fair. The Sultan’s Leather Fair showcased leather products and manufacturing techniques to mark the involvement of the … Read more

A Cornerstone Laid

Now an abandoned village and a vast archaeological site on desert hills overlooking the Nile in Sudan, between the 5th and the 14th centuries Old Dongola was a capital of a mighty Christian kingdom … Read more

ARCHiNOS Upholds the Sultan’s Glory

On 1 February 2018, ARCHiNOS began a new project in the Sultan Qaitbey area in the “City of the Dead” in Cairo with funding granted primarily by the European Union. We will work on … Read more