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2. Khayamiya - Wikipedia

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   Khayamiya in Cairo. Khayamiya (Egyptian Arabic: خيّامية khayyāmiyah) is a decorative Egyptian art appliqué textile, that dates back to as far as Ancient Egypt. [1] They are now primarily made in Cairo, Egypt, along what is known as the Street of the Tentmakers (Shari'a al-Khayamiyya, or Suq al-Khayamiyya) centered in the Qasaba of Radwan Bey, a historic covered market built in the ...

3. Khan el-Khalili - Wikipedia

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   Khan el-Khalili (Arabic: خان الخليلي) is a famous bazaar and souq (or souk) in the historic center of Cairo, Egypt.Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar district has since become one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.

4. Usekh collar - Wikipedia

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   As early as the Old Kingdom (c. 2670–2195 B.C.), Egyptian artisans fashioned images of deities, kings, and mortals wearing broad collars made of molded tubular and teardrop beads. [1] The Usekh or Wesekh is a personal ornament, a type of broad collar or necklace , familiar to many because of its presence in images of the ancient Egyptian elite.

5. List of Egyptian obelisks - Wikipedia

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   The international transportation of Egyptian obelisks dates to the Roman conquest of Egypt following the death of Cleopatra, and in modern times as Egyptian "gifts" to other major cities such as the Luxor Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, and the Cleopatra's Needles on the Victoria Embankment and in Central Park in London and New ...

6. Egyptian faience - Wikipedia

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   Egyptian faience is a sintered-quartz ceramic material from Ancient Egypt. The sintering process "covered [the material] with a true vitreous coating" as the quartz underwent vitrification , creating a bright lustre of various colours "usually in a transparent blue or green isotropic glass".

7. Jellabiya - Wikipedia

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   An Egyptian man from Luxor in a traditional jellabiya Egyptian boy in a striped galabeya selling merchandise to a foreign Dutch student (1961) Men's galabeya in Egypt typically have wider hems and sleeves in the country than in the city, and a wide neckline with a slit. In the city, there is usually a button placket instead of a simple slit. [5]