A journey into Egypt's western desert. The Week UK. Sat, May 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM UTC. 2 min read. ... Amid these "unfathomable distances" lie ancient Christian monasteries, ...

Seclusion has kept these desert gems, if not secret, then still wild. Egypt’s oases are time capsules of millions of years of human and natural history, from when whales had legs to the Roman ...

This Egyptian Desert Oasis Is a Destination Most Travelers Skip — and That's Exactly Why You Should Go. In Egypt’s Western Desert, the ancient oasis of Siwa is home to one of the world’s ...

A 40-mile stretch of a long-gone branch of the Nile may explain why the ancient monuments were built where they were. Children ride a donkey near the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt ...

Melanie Wasmuth was invited to the conference “Die altägyptischen Oasen: Forschungsstand und Perspektiven (The ancient Egyptian oases: state of research and future perspectives)” organised by Prof.es ...

Thirty-one different Egyptian pyramids appear to have been built along a branch of the Nile River that dried up millennia ago, according to new research published today in Communications Earth ...

Jordan surprised us most with how so much of the country is desert sand and how many biblical sites there are in the country. We initially flew to Istanbul where we transferred to Amman, Jordan.

Christian monasticism began in the Egyptian desert: in the 4th century, St Anthony – later known as the "father of all monks" – went there to live in an empty tomb, and was tempted by the devil.

Christian monasticism began in the Egyptian desert: in the 4th century, St Anthony – later known as the "father of all monks" – went there to live in an empty tomb, and was tempted by the devil.