Valley of the Kings

A question of identity: Passage, by Colin Thubron, reviewed

15 August 2026 9:00 am

A subtle novella involving a desperate act of betrayal in the Valley of the Kings is also an investigation of who we really are and what will remain of us after death

No stone unturned: the art of communing with rocks

30 August 2025 4:00 am

If a river can be considered a living thing, why not stones and rocks? They bear witness to thousands of years of history and have spoken to us long before the formation of language itself. We just need to learn to listen

The writing on the wall: some of the well-preserved hieroglyphs at Karnak

Egypt

4 April 2015 9:00 am

Egypt’s revolution of 2011 didn’t just get rid of President Mubarak: it did a pretty good job of clearing out…