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…
Arabian horse… El Nasser Shaarawi 5 Sep 20255 Sep 2025 A scanned image of the letter Dr Mohamed El Marsafi sent to Judith Forbis. In the right handside, El Nasser Shaarawi is listed. No photograph available of this stallion. Breeders…
Arabian horse… THE 1968 General Stud book 7 Jan 2025 I purchased this Arabic edition of the 1968 General Studbook, prefaced by Dr. Amin Zaher, last year from El Zahraa library, together with other English and Arabic stud books. To…
history… The Importance of The Levant and Anatolia to Egypt: in Ancient and Modern Times 5 Jan 20255 May 2025 Photo of Ibn Mansour (Mansour x Bint Rissala) at RAS (later renamed EAO). Source: Tārīkh Tarbiyat Al-Khuyūl Al-ʻArabīyah fī Miṣr by Abd al-'Alīm 'Ashoub I was preparing an article and…
Ancient History… Immortalizing The Pharaoh’s Mares 28 Dec 202413 May 2025 The Ring with The Two Mares. Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes, N 728 - https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010011417 - https://collections.louvre.fr/CGU The ring shown in the picture above is displayed at the…
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.…
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…
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… Prince Mohammed Ali’s Spectacular Appearance at the Jubilee 6 Jun 20226 May 2025 The celebrations of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II brought to my mind the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in which Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik had participated.In his…
The Horse in Word and Picture 