Three tombs 'made by pure Egyptian hands' have been found in the archaeological site of Dra Abu el-Naga on the Luxor West ...

One tomb belonged to Amum-em-Ipet, who lived during the Ramesside period (as the 19th and 20th Dynasties, the last two of the ...

Most visitors never experience the natural masterpieces that lie off the tourist trail—from bubbling hot springs to unearthly landscapes of dead volcanoes to the “Valley of the Whales.” ...

For centuries, the mystery of how Egypt's mighty pyramids came to be has captivated scientists, historians, and travelers ...

It’s nearing the end of my 11-day Egypt experience, and there’s always something new to see. It’s easy to sit on the deck of the sleek Viking river ship—one of six in the cruise line’s Nile fleet—and ...

Ancient Egypt might have to thank the River Nile for all its success after new research into the famous river highlights the ...

A 40-mile stretch of a long-gone branch of the Nile ... map the waterway north and the south beyond its 40-mile stretch beside the pyramids. “This part of the branch is located in northern Egypt ...

Google Map users spotted a horseshoe-shaped structure ... located on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile River in northern Egypt. Each was constructed in the name of a pharaoh.

This was my final excursion before flying home after a week-long trip down the River Nile, a trip that felt decades in the making thanks to my lifelong obsession with ancient Egypt. The caveat to ...

The walls of the Philae cabin are covered in large-scale maps of Egypt and the Nile, while the Nubia cabin has rich ocher ... docks and a boat small enough to make landings where most river cruise ...

Sunset on the Nile River, as taken from Viking's new 82-passenger Viking Sobek. (Photo by Susan J. Young) This was our fourth visit to Egypt over the years. Just looking at such amazing ancient ...

The billion-dollar Aswan High Dam, partly financed by Russian credits, is to be the greatest monument in Egypt ... Nile into its new bed. and of a second cofferdam downstream so that the river ...