“Since ancient times, the Nile has provided ... are dotted along the edge of Egypt’s Western desert, several kilometres away from the Nile. To transport the enormous number of people and ...

The desert is home to a variety of unique plant and animal species, including desert foxes, sand cats, and Egyptian vultures ...

Deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, myths, mirages, and history intertwine. From ancient monks in Wadi El Natrun to fossilized whales in Wadi al-Hitan, the desert reveals stories of faith ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history ... on the edge of the desert west of the Nile and about ...

Tallet has been toiling quietly on the periphery of the ancient Egyptian Empire—from the Libyan Desert to the Sinai and the Red Sea—for more than 20 years without attracting much notice ...

An international team of archeologists have discovered a massive tomb that belonged to one of ancient ... at the base of a desert cliff almost 23 feet beneath Abydos, one of Egypt’s oldest ...