Yet at its most vulnerable moment in the year 335 BC, Thebes was utterly abandoned by its luminaires. Overconfidence and ...

When we visited King Tut’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, we were in the midst of a guided Abercrombie & Kent tour of Egypt ...

These famous riddles have puzzled readers from ancient times all the way to the present Riddles and brain teasers have fascinated people for centuries, challenging us to think in new ways and make ...

Father’s Day has just passed us by. Late being better than never, here is a belated salute to Father’s Day as celebrated by our old buddy Oedipus in Greek mythology land. If you think your family ...

The ancient capital of Thebes, the temples of Luxor and Karnak ... The Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, standing proud on the west bank of the Nile near Cairo The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, ...

For decades, researchers have speculated about a hidden door beneath the Sphinx’s ear. This video dives into the evidence and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered what appears to be a smiling ancient Sphinx. With deep sandy eyes and a wide smirk, the statue is probably modelled on the Roman emperor Claudius ...

His name was Amon Mes, and he was a royal official who held various positions, such as Mayor of Thebes, during the Ramesside period. The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Sherif Fathy, emphasized ...

During one of his trances, Cayce, who died in 1945, saw that refugees from the lost city of Atlantis buried their secrets in a hall of records under the Sphinx and that the hall would be ...

One of Cairo's must-see attractions is the Great Sphinx, the world's oldest monumental sculpture. Situated by the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx impresses with its size – it measures 66 feet ...