Like our weather fronts that come and go, trends in architecture come and go as well. These trends are most often driven by social preferences of the time, advances in technology, new construction ...

Professor of Egyptian art and architecture Kara Cooney has been writing her latest book, “The Good Kings,” over the past two years. With a study of five pharaohs of ancient Egypt, Cooney aims for the ...

Constructed between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, Great Zimbabwe features massive stone enclosures built entirely without mortar. Granite blocks were carefully shaped and stacked to create ...

Areas of Specialization: 19th-century visual culture; Islamic art and architecture; Orientalism; material culture; illustration and design history; art and travel; modern Egyptian art, architecture, ...

Contemporary Egyptian architecture draws from a rich history. As a cradle of civilization, the transcontinental country has influenced diverse building styles and design cultures. Home to some of the ...

Michael Haag is the author of "Alexandria: City of Memory." SHIRLEY JOHNSTON has produced magnificently photographed volumes on Malta, the French Riviera and Florida’s Palm Beach. Now after spending ...