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Pale tears of frankincense resin piled together

Amouage unveils Decision 42 and Overture 41 extraits

By BYGEARS Editors

An opera house auditorium with red seats and gilded balconies

Royal Opera House Muscat unveils its 15th anniversary season

By BYGEARS Editors

Stacks of books in an old bookshop

Six novels shortlisted for the 2026 Naguib Mahfouz Medal

By BYGEARS Editors

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs carved in pale limestone

Egyptian-Chinese mission reopens Memphis’s Temple of Sekhmet

By BYGEARS Editors

Sand dunes in warm golden-hour light

Louis Vuitton and Pat McGrath launch Monogram Dune and Infrarouge

By BYGEARS Editors

A pale sand beach and turquoise water with desert mountains behind

Rosewood Amaala: Saudi craft and design on the Red Sea coast

By BYGEARS Editors

An auctioneer's gavel under a spotlight

Ferrari Luce Chassis 0 makes auction history at $40 million

By BYGEARS Editors

A polished prewar car displayed on a lawn at a classic-car show

Clark Gable’s Duesenberg wins at the 75th Pebble Beach Concours

By BYGEARS Editors

A low supercar on a lawn at an outdoor car show

The Quail 2026: new hypercars from Lamborghini, Bugatti and Aston

By BYGEARS Editors

A river cruise boat on the Nile at sunset, with palm trees on the bank

Viking Hathor joins the Nile as Egypt’s museum-led boom builds

By BYGEARS Editors