Sisters Nimet, left, and Suzan Habachy, right, share a moment with Marilyn Pfaltz, who helped the sisters organize the handcrafted items for the Summit event. (Alex Remnick/The Star-ledger) Nimet and ...

Egyptian designers are overcoming myriad challenges to bring a unique perspective on craft and history to the rest of the world. When you think of Egypt, the first image that probably springs to your ...

EL NAZLA, Egypt (Reuters) - For generations, potters in the village of El Nazla have taken mud carried by the River Nile to craft their wares by hand, using techniques they say date back to Ancient ...

A 4,000-year-old handprint has been found on an ancient Egyptian tomb offering by curators preparing for an exhibition. The discovery was made by University of Cambridge researchers on a "soul house", ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN GLASSBLOWER, APHRODITE WASSIM, SAYING: "I was told that women are not allowed inside the factory, “you give us the design and we make it for you. But for you to stand ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian artist Hany Genedy focuses as he carefully pours white salt onto a black surface to create an image of actor Al Pacino. Genedy experimented with materials such as leaves and ...

The discovery takes "you directly to the moment when the object was made and to the person who made it", said curator Helen Strudwick A 4,000-year-old handprint has been found on an ancient Egyptian ...