Yemen confirms first coronavirus case – supreme national emergency committee

Yemen has reported its first coronavirus case in Hadhramaut Governorate, supreme national emergency committee tweeted early on Friday. The committee added that the patient was stable and receiving health care, without elaborating. The United Nations and Western allies had pointed to the threat of coronavirus outbreak in the war-battered country.

Fashion in Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian fashion consisted of clothes adorned with a variety of colors and precious gems and jewels. While fashion in Ancient Egypt was primarily constructed for the purpose of comfort, this did not mean that ancient Egyptians felt they should sacrifice beauty for comfort. Scholars of ancient Egypt get most of their knowledge of Egyptian fashion from […]

President Sisi orders free masks for dustmen, Development Ministry stresses protective plan

Egypt’s Local Development Minister Mahmoud Shaarawy stressed on Friday the necessity of providing blue-collar workers and dustmen with the necessary protective gear and masks to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The minister further added in a ministry statement that a set of safety instructions was introduced by […]

Tattoos as Symbolic Protection

These tattoos are thought to have been worn by a priestess to honor Hathor who, among her many duties, was also goddess of fertility. They were worn by other women as symbolic protection of a child in the womb and during child birth (although these are not mutually exclusive since priestesses could marry and have […]

Egypt provides 11k beds in 7 university dorms to receive COVID-19 cases

Minister of State for Information Osama Heikal told Egypt Today Thursday that 11,000 beds have been equipped in seven university dorms in Egypt under full medical supervision to receive coronavirus patients. “This comes to prevent the recurrence of dangerous scenarios that we all see in some countries,” Heikal said, adding that the World Health Organization […]

WHO lauds Egypt’s health system

Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Ahmed Al Mandhari has praised Egypt’s strong health system. He reiterated on Thursday that the Egyptian health system has rapidly responded to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus through carrying out medical tests and providing care for patients. Al Mandhari stressed that the Egyptian health authorities transparently […]

Egyptian Clothing: Pharoahs to Commoners

For more information on Egyptian clothing and other counter-intuitive facts of ancient and medieval history, see Anthony Esolen’s The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization.   Egyptian clothing was made from locally-sourced materials—as were clothes from all ancient societies. Pastoral nomads created clothing from their livestock. AS one of the earliest agricultural societies,  the ancient Egyptians wore […]

Awqaf Ministry fights Covid-19 by producing medical face shields

The National Endowment Investments Group of the Ministry of Endowment “Awqaf” announced establishing a unit to produce medical face shields within the framework of the ministry’s role in societal participation against the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The group considers the step a contribution to boost the government’s measures to protect individuals and institutions […]

Suspected coronavirus patients to take separate routes inside hospitals: Min.

Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed reviewed plans to deal with coronavirus, in a meeting with the prime minister, including allocating separate places and routes inside hospitals for patients with suspected coronavirus (COVID-19). The decision is expected to help curb the transmission of the novel virus from a patient to another as it allocates separate waiting […]

Egyptian Clothing – What Clothing Did Egyptians Wear?

Fashion of Ancient Egyptian, which refers to clothing worn from the end of the Neolithic period IN 3100 BC to the end of the Ptolemaic in 30 BC, was basically influenced by the technology of the time as well as fashion ideas, and by climate of the Egypt. Clothes were mainly made by women at […]