The Ottomans conquered Egypt because the Mamluk Sultanate was already weakening and could not match Ottoman guns cannons and disciplined troops. Selim used propaganda and religious accusations to ...

As the first quarter of the 21st century comes to a close, Ahram Online reviews a selection of books that reflect the ...

Two Mamluk mosque lamps, stolen from the Egyptian national collection in 2014, have been returned to the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities from the United Arab Emirates in a ceremony in Cairo, ...

IN HIS CAIRO office overlooking the Nile, a businessman keeps his mobile phone in a glass jar on his desk. Elsewhere in the city a writer keeps hers in the fridge. If smartphones were once the tools ...

The Battle of Chaldiran soon led to the region’s other pivotal battle of the era. Having secured his empire’s eastern flank, the Ottoman Sultan Selim I could turn his attention to the southwest, where ...

Beneath the verdant pools of Gan Ha-Shelosha lies a network of medieval tunnels that once powered the thriving sugar industry of the Mamluk Empire. Hewn into soft tufa rock along Nahal ‘Amal, the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: As a result of Ottoman control, much of the trade between Europe and the Middle East passed through Istanbul or Aleppo, decreasing the importance of Egypt, Iraq and ...

Beneath the verdant pools of Gan Ha-Shelosha lies a network of medieval tunnels that once powered the thriving sugar industry of the Mamluk Empire. Hewn into soft tufa rock along Nahal 'Amal, the ...