Howard Hawks’s only attempt at a wide-screen blockbuster (1955), much disparaged afterward by Hawks and many others, is actually fairly awesome if you can get beyond the clunky dialogue (some of it ...

Learning about the land of Pharaoh helps us understand the people of Israel in their context. We all know the Bible was not written on a blank slate. It records for us the life and times of ancient ...

Birth of a collection -- Rome and the birth of Egyptomania -- Napoleon on the Nile -- How an obelisk and a canal conquered France -- The amazing voyage of Cleopatra's needle -- Egypt for sale : ...