Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological heritage is increasingly under threat from its brutal civil ... Now war once again threatens Sudan's ancient history.

After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC, a gold rush swept the kingdom, during which nearly 40 mines were ...

The surging tensions are stoking fears of civil war. Is there any way to bring Egypt back from the brink? From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week ...

Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient ... civil war that would bring him to power, Julius Caesar spent the winter of 48 BC in Egypt.

For the first half of the twentieth century, Sudan was a joint protectorate of Egypt and the United Kingdom ... The second Sudanese civil war from 1983 to 2005 killed an estimated two million ...