etched out to closely mirror the rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt. The builders even nailed the wear and tear, like the slab of exposed sandstone where a pharaoh’s now-missing ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna ... Now 30 feet below street level, the temple’s red sandstone pronaos, or entrance hall, is all that survives of what was once a larger complex.

A fragment of an obelisk sculpted from graywacke sandstone, commissioned by Ramses II. Jean-Luc Maby/RMN-Grand Palais The ancient Egyptian monuments first appeared at the beginning of the third ...

She appealed to Egyptian officials not to resign themselves ... aimed at moving the fragile sandstone temples to higher ground. The enormous engineering problems were matched by the daunting ...

From the sunbaked sandstone palaces that dot downtown Cairo to the beige ... Possibly the most precious cultural mainstay blessed by the nation’s beloved tan hues is the art of Egyptian coffee. ‘Ahwah ...

In 1999, after frequent trips to Egypt (her mother’s family is from ... A newer town with simple one-story structures built of sandstone and cement sprang up around it, and now houses most ...