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.…
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 III: The Skeletons 19 Oct 202415 Nov 2024 The Horse in New Kingdom Egypt is an indispensable book to anyone who wants to learn about horses in ancient Egypt. It is a PhD dissertation by Dr. Susan Turner,…
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…
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…
equestrian… Al-Mirmah through the Eyes of a Cairene Woman (Part I) 6 Aug 20219 Nov 2025 Being wildly passionate about horses and equestrian sports and traditions, I decided to travel to Upper Egypt to explore and photograph its equestrian tradition, known as al-Mirmah. For more than…
The Horse in Word and Picture 