The culture of Egypt has thousands of years of recorded history. Ancient Egypt was among the earliest civilizations in Middle East and Africa. For millennia, Egypt maintained a strikingly unique, complex and stable culture that influenced later cultures of Europe. Arabic is currently Egypt's official language, it came to Egypt in the 7th century, [1] it's the formal and official language of the state which is used by the government and newspapers. Meanwhile the Egyptian Arabic dialect or Masri is the official spoken language of the people. Of the many varieties of Arabic, the Egyptian dialect is the most widely spoken and the most understood, due to the big influence of Egyptian cinema and the Egyptian media throughout the Arabic-speaking world.

Top 10 Outstanding Ancient Egyptian Paintings



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Signs of breast cancer in Renaissance paintings
A study carried out by researchers of the University of Turin has identified the presence of malignancies by observing paintings. The study, published in The Lancet Oncology , falls into the field of paleopathography , a branch of paleopathology that, starting from the analysis of historical and literary sources and pictorial representations, formulates hypotheses on the causes of some diseases that have hit humans over time based on the lesions found on the bones and soft tissues. In this case, the following paintings dating back to Renaissance were analyzed and studied: Night by Michele di Rodolfo del Ghirlandaio and Allegory of Strength by Maso di San Friano , which allowed to detect, among the most ancient pictorial representations, two distinct types of breast cancer, one of which necrotic and with an associated lymphoedema. Consequently, the cancer worsened through all stages up to the most advanced one, visible also to the naked eye. Signs of breast cancer in Renaissance paintings.




Known as one of the oldest and richest civilizations to have ever existed, the Egyptian civilization has so far stood the test of time. With its sky-scraping pyramids and monumental Sphinx that stands guard at the tombs of the pharaohs, we tend to forget another subtle but important part of ancient Egyptian culture that exists alongside the pyramids and the Sphinx — ancient Egyptian paintings. Along with other precious artifacts that exist from the ancient era, these paintings represent the essence of the bygone age of Egyptian history.