Hitan, or “Valley of the Whales,” fossilised whale skeletons lie exposed beneath the sun. Their vertebrae stretch across the ...

A large ancient Egyptian fortress in the northern Sinai Desert had an elaborate landscape of 500 trees leading to its entrance more than 2,000 years ago, new excavations reveal. Archaeologists made ...

On the border between Egypt and Libya, Siwa is only accessible after a night bus ride from Cairo. Although tourism is growing ...

Buried in the deserts of the Near East, Egypt, and Central Asia, ancient libraries with troves of knowledge and wisdom have been uncovered.

Wadi al-Hitan, Egypt's Whale Valley, showcases evolution's transition of whales from land to sea. This UNESCO World Heritage site, 160 km southwest of Cairo, reveals hundreds of Archaeoceti fossils, ...

Today, the scarab remains a focus of popular devotion through a tourist tradition: people circle it - often seven times - seeking luck, love, or a wish fulfilled, echoing (in a modern, secular form) ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

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In the middle of Central Park stands a monument older than New York, older than Rome—and even older than Cleopatra herself. Carved over 3,000 years ago, this 200-ton Egyptian obelisk once stood in the ...