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“Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, and will come into Egypt.” - Isaiah 19:1 On a Biblical tour of the Holy Land, one might visit Jerusalem, Nazareth, and the Sea of Galilee. One might also be interested in visiting...

In a discovery, hailed by archaeologists as ground-breaking, a magnificent Egyptian sarcophagus has been unearthed at Saqqara near Cairo, Egypt after being buried in sand in its underground burial chamber for thousands of years. The granite sarcophagus is covered with...

The small, but vibrant, community of Greeks, with roots deep in history, remains in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to this day.

Officials from Turkey and Egypt have met in Cairo on Wednesday for talks aimed at resetting relations after almost a decade of tensions.

The mummies of Egyptian pharaohs Rameses II and Hatshepsut, were taken to their new museum, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

The strong and historic ties of the Greek and Egyptian civilizations will be highlighted at the 2nd International Conference on Greek Literature, to be held October in Cairo. The conference has been organized by the School of Languages and Translation of the...

The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodore, invited Prime Minister of Egypt Ibrahim Mahlab to attend the inauguration of Greek Orthodox church of St. George in Old Cairo on April 24, 2015. The two men met yesterday, January 14,...

Significant films, representative of Greek cinema, will be screened at the 36th Cairo International Film Festival that is scheduled to take place from November 9 to 18, since Greece is the guest of honor country this year. Organizers chose to close the...

A photo exhibition, “The Greeks of Cairo,” is being hosted at the Museum of Modern Art Mahmoud Mukhtar in the Egyptian capital. Paul Kozalidis and Athena Casole captured with their photo cameras, the Greek history of the community in Cairo from the...

The major restoration of the historic Greek Orthodox monastery of Saint George in Old Cairo is at its final stage. The monastery is a unique Rotunda in the Middle Eastern, which was a project carried out with the blessing...

The Greek Community of Cairo is in mourning after the sudden loss of Community Commissioner, Georgios Chalkias, who died of heart failure this Sunday at the age of 73. The funeral will take place in the Greek Cemetery of St....

The 35th Cairo International Film Festival 2012 will bring a diverse screening program from around the world, after a one year break because of political problems, and this year's event features some notable Greek movies. The festival takes places from...

Greek President Karolos Papoulias met with delegates of the Greek Egyptian community of Cairo during an official luncheon organized at the Greek Embassy premises in the capital of the country. The delegation, headed the President of the Greek Community of...

Greece is the guest of honor at this year's Cairo International Film Festival For Children that will be held from the 23rd until the 30th of March, while Eugene Trivizas, an eminent Greek writer, will be honored during the...

Greece's Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis's official visit to Cairo will take place from May 18th - 20th.  The trip coincides with the Greek-Egyptian business forum on May 19th. The forum will take place at the European Federation of Enterprises...