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Women in White Coats

An excerpt from Beth Baron’s forthcoming book tells the story of pioneering Egyptian physician Hilana Sidarus and women entering medicine.

By Beth Baron

The Kitchener Mission, Hospital and School of Medicine

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The Most Beautiful of all Wounds

Much more than simple body adornments, traditional Egyptian tattoos incorporate complex meanings and evoke tales of knights, seductresses and animals in a multicolour world of the imagination.

By Emmanuelle Perrin

The World of Traditional Egyptian Tattoos

Adornment

Preserving Pharaonic Psalms for Christ

The musical heritage of the Coptic Church, which springs from perhaps the oldest musical tradition in the world, had already begun to fade by the early twentieth century. However, mainly thanks to one monkish layman, authentic Coptic psalmondy survives to this day.

By Raymond Stock

Coptic Church Music Survives, Thanks Mainly to One Monkish Layman

Ancient Egypt

A History of Costume in Egypt

Traditional Egyptian dress through the ages, from ancient Egypt to the 20th century.

By RAWI

Fom ancient Egypt to the 20th century

Costume

Slow Fashion

Our impressions of what the ancient Egyptians wore have largely been shaped by modern-day films, but are these perceptions accurate? Or was the reality much more varied and complex?

By Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood

Part I: Everyday Ancient Egyptian Clothing

Ancient Egypt

Royal Couture

Tutankhamun was a minor king who reigned during a time of upheaval and died young, but his tomb has been a treasure trove of incomparable riches. Looking at the sumptuous textiles and garments he left behind, we can only imagine the extravagant wardrobes of more prominent kings.

By Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood

PART II: Reconstructing Tutankhamun's Wardrobe