Among the greatest marvels of Ancient Egypt is the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, the last remaining of the seven wonders of ...

The Valley of the Kings was part of a vast "necropolis" or "city of the dead" beside the Nile and the ancient city of Thebes, the capital of Egypt at different times and center of worship of the ...

In addition to their association with Sobek, crocodiles had plenty of day-to-day experience being observed, and feared, by the ancient Egyptians they lived among. Nile crocodiles are still ...

The invention of the shaduf was very important in the story of Ancient Egypt. It helped people to easily access the water from the River Nile. They built a system of canals to bring the water to ...

Back in the early 1920s, archaeologists came across an ancient Egyptian town called Deir el-Medina near the Nile River. Previous research has shown that the town was active from 1550 B.C. to 1070 ...

The Abydos Dynasty was one of the most mysterious dynasties spanning the whole of ancient Egypt ... Abydos, located west of the Nile, was once a cemetery for Egyptian royalty as well as a popular ...

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 ...

As the ancient Greek historian Herodotus said: “Egypt is the gift of the Nile” and my journey on the Tui Al Horeya has been the perfect way to unwrap it. TUI (tui.co.uk) offers a seven-night ...

The giant country on the Nile is suffering from a severe economic crisis. As a result, many Egyptians have lost almost everything. The fact that Cairo is now receiving new loans offers little in ...

All my life I’ve wanted to visit Egypt and now I’m finally on a plane enjoying an aerial view of the Nile snaking across the Sahara. This is a destination where ancient history has been ...

A deep dive into the Egyptian gods and goddesses (their characteristics, myths, and symbols) who held significant sway over ...