WEARABLE HERITAGE

In traditional jewelry, silver was most commonly used, and in modern Egyptian jewelry gold is used most often. However, other metals also play a role in the production of wearable heritage. Some metals have been used for centuries, while others are relatively new. Thes...

When Napoleon visited Egypt his scientists counted more than fifty bathhouses in Cairo. By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in some instances, over seventy public baths were counted. The public bathhouse, called hammam in Arabic, was once an integral part of so...