Abdel Mobdi Moussalam, 48, cuts papyrus reeds from his land in the village of al-Qaramous in Sharqiyah province, in Egypt's northern fertile Nile Delta region, northeast of the capital, on July 28, 2021. In the lush green fields of Egypt's fertile Delta Valley, farmers in the small village of Al-Qaramus have kept alive the ancient Pharaonic tradition of making papyrus paper. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





Abdel Mobdi Moussalam, 48, carries papyrus reeds collected on his land in the village of al-Qaramous in Sharqiyah province, in Egypt's northern fertile Nile Delta region, northeast of the capital, on July 28, 2021. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





A woman cuts papyrus by a thread at the workshop in the village of al-Qaramous in Sharqiyah province, in Egypt's northern fertile Nile Delta region, some kilometres northeast of the capital on July 28, 2021. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





Abdel Mobdi Moussalam, 48 (R) and an assistant prepare soaked papyrus strips before compression and drying at the workshop in the village of al-Qaramous in Sharqiyah province, in Egypt's northern fertile Nile Delta region, northeast of the capital, on July 28, 2021. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





A woman lays out soaked thin strips of papyrus to form a sheet, before compression and drying at the workshop in the village of al-Qaramous in Sharqiyah province, in Egypt's northern fertile Nile Delta region, northeast of the capital, on July 28, 2021. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





Farmer and painter Said Tarakhan, 60, draws on papyrus sheets at home in the village of al-Qaramous in Sharqiyah province, in Egypt's northern fertile Nile Delta region, northeast of the capital, on July 28, 2021. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





Farmer and painter Said Tarakhan, 60, draws on papyrus sheets at home in the village of al-Qaramous in Sharqiyah province, in Egypt's northern fertile Nile Delta region, northeast of the capital, on July 28, 2021. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





People work in Karnak Temple, in Luxor, Egypt on August 25, 2021. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A woman walks past a tree next to the housings that are being demolished to make way for construction work on a ring road in the district of Maadi, Cairo, Egypt on September 13, 2021. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)





Visitors stand with umbrellas near the step pyramid of the third dynasty Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Djoser (27th century BC) at the Saqqara Necropolis south of Egypt's capital Cairo on September 14, 2021. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





A security guard in civilian clothing carrying an assault rifle walks near the step pyramid of the third dynasty Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Djoser (27th century BC) at the Saqqara Necropolis south of Egypt's capital Cairo on September 14, 2021. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





A visitor takes a photo of a relief depicting the third dynasty Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Djoser (27th century BC), surrounded by hieroglyphs showing his regnal names, at the newly-restored southern cemetery in the Saqqara Necropolis south of Egypt's capital Cairo on September 14, 2021. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





Egyptian 26-year-old dancer Nadine El Gharib, dances on the rooftop of her home in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, September 27, 2021. “Dance was crucial when COVID-19 started in terms of taking care of my well-being”, Gharib said. “When restrictions forced us to stop going to the Opera for classes I started online dance and it introduced me to a new world of dance. It was very inspiring”. (Photo by Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo)





Cattle egrets stand amidst a rice field in the province of Al-Sharkia, northeast of Cairo, Egypt, September 21, 2021. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





Lebanese singer Maya Diab walks the red carpet of the 5th edition of the festival in the Red Sea resort of ElGouna in Egypt on October 14th, 2021. (Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/El Gouna Film Festival/AFP Photo)





Judges attend a swearing-in ceremony before Egypt’s State Council’s chief judge Mohammed Hossam el-Din in a celebratory event in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, October 19, 2021. Ninety eight women have become the first female judges to join the council, one of the country’s main judicial bodies. The swearing-in came months after President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi asked for women to join the State Council and the Public Prosecution, the two judicial bodies that until recently were exclusively male. (Photo by Tarek Wajeh/AP Photo)





Tourists visit the Giza Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, on October 21, 2021. Egypt has entered peak tourist season as the weather is becoming cooler, and international flights to the country suspended due to COVID-19 are gradually resuming. The Giza Pyramids scenic spot is being visited by more and more tourists. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Ai-Da the humanoid AI robot artist on display at the Great Pyramids of Giza on October 23, 2021 in Cairo, Egypt. The exhibition, presented by the organization Art D'Egypte in partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism, features a sculpture trail around the Giza plateau with works by Egyptian and foreign contemporary artists. (Photo by Sima Diab/Getty Images)





An installation by Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn, entitled “Together”, sits facing the pyramids at the ancient Giza necropolis on the western outskirts of the Egyptian capital's twin city of Giza, on October 23, 2021. Art D’Egypte launched its 4th annual exhibition entitled “Forever Is Now” 2021, the first international art exhibition to take place at the Giza Pyramids and the surrounding Giza Plateau. (Photo by Patrick Baz/Art Degypte/AFP Photo)