Antiquities… Vernet: A Family of Painters 27 Dec 202528 Dec 2025 Four Generations of Painters Spanning More Than Three Centuries (1689–1863) Written by: Claudia Dijkstra Crommelin*1 Portraits of the three Vernets: the portrait on the left is of Joseph Vernet; the…
equestrian… Al-Mirmah in International Publications 16 Sep 202516 Sep 2025 The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (RPS) publishes the photographic projects of its members. In the International Members e-Magazine, one of the publications of RPS, published an article I…
Ancient History… Iconography of Horses in ancient Egypt 7 Dec 20245 May 2025 Iconography of Ancient Egyptian Horses - an Interview. Lonneke Delpeut, an Egyptologist specialized in visual culture, talks to us about the representation of horses in ancient Egyptian tombs and temples.…
equestrian… The Horse in Mamluk Military: The Dongola Horse 8 Nov 202422 Dec 2024 Was the Dongola Horse the preferred mount of the Mamluks? This is the question I sought to answer. I was well aware that the Mamluks did not exclusively favour the…
Ancient History… Horses in Ancient Egypt, Part II 1 Jun 202415 Nov 2024 Before you start reading, here’s a useful timeline of Ancient Egypt created by the British Museum. I mentioned in the Arabic video that I created about part one of Horses…
equestrian… Escaping the Massacre 18 Feb 202415 Nov 2024 The Mamluke who escaped the Citadel's massacre fueled the imagination of artists, novelists, historians, as well as my curiosity. On Friday, 1st of March 1811, Mohamed Ali Pasha, viceroy of…
Arabian horse… Omar Sharif, The Horseman 10 Feb 202425 Aug 2025 Omar Sharif with the champion Don Bosco, David Smaga and Grégory Benoist. Source: France-Sire.com It has been nine years since Omar Sharif passed away. To this day, not a single…
Arabian horse… The Artistic Legacy of the Last Caliph 27 May 202325 Aug 2025 Play this audio file to listen to my article! It might come as a surprise to many that painting and playing music were practiced in a dynasty that claimed the…
equestrian… Equestrian Traditions in Upper Egypt: al-Mirmah 30 Apr 20236 May 2025 At the Swiss Institute of Archaeology in Zamalek, I delivered a lecture on one of the equestrian traditions of Upper Egypt known as al-Mirmah to members of the Friends of…
Arabian horse… Wegdan El Barbary: History in Photographs 25 Jan 202315 Nov 2024 In the autumn of 2008, I paid Wegdan El Barbary (aka Dani) a visit to learn about the Arabian horse. Actually, I used to pay Dani many visits, and I…
The Horse in Word and Picture 