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World
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International
9/27/2021 9:53:52 PM
The Taliban on Monday banned barbershops in a southern Afghanistan province from shaving or trimming beards, claiming their edict is in line with Shariah, or Islamic, law
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World
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International
9/26/2021 4:57:23 PM
It s been little more than a month since Kalashnikov-toting Taliban fighters in their signature heavy beards, hightop sneakers and shalwar kameezes descended on the Afghan capital and cemented their takeover. Now they re vying for a seat in the club of nations and seeking what no country has given them as they attempt to govern for a second time international recognition of their rule.
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World
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International
9/10/2018 12:11:21 PM
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Antiquities
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Museums
9/20/2017 10:51:01 AM
The statues include a number of depictions of king Khafre, a bust of King Thutmose II wearing the nemes, a red granite statue of goddess Hathor and fragments of the sphinx's beard
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Opinion
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8/3/2017 3:06:54 PM
After decades of creeping dominance by Islamist thinking and social controls, Egypt has learned its lesson and is pushing back on all fronts
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Egypt
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12/2/2016 7:27:34 PM
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World
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Region
10/26/2016 1:08:33 PM
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Multimedia
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1/7/2016 2:39:51 PM
The golden funerary mask of legendary Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun is presented to the public at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo after undergoing restoration (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/16/2015 10:14:21 PM
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Antiquities
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Museums
12/10/2015 1:43:27 PM
The mask was being restored after the beard of the priceless antiquity was reportedly broken by cleaners and hastily glued back on with epoxy
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Multimedia
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10/20/2015 4:57:05 PM
In 2014 an accident during cleaning of the mask caused its beard to detach from the chin, and the subsequent haphazard restoration job damaged it further. Today a ministry-appointed team began a project to undo the ill effects
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/20/2015 4:15:50 PM
The mask's beard was accidentally detached from its chin during a cleaning process in 2014
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World
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Region
10/12/2015 6:07:45 PM
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Heritage
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Folk Arts
5/2/2015 1:21:31 PM
Those who kiss you hand are laughing at your beard
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World
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International
3/14/2015 10:15:03 AM
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
2/17/2015 6:50:31 PM
Rumours abound about the fate and future of the boy-king's beard- though the ministry of antiquities assured the international press that it will by experts
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/25/2015 2:06:56 PM
Tutankhamen’s mask was damaged during a botched repair job by officials at the Egyptian museum
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/25/2015 12:00:00 PM
Tutankhmaun’s funerary mask is safe and sound; the botched restoration carried out in August 2014 is reversible
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/22/2015 2:24:00 PM
Did the protruding beard of the iconic golden mask of the boy king Tutankhamun break off only to be glued back on with epoxy?
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/21/2015 11:02:36 PM
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