The big boat slid downriver so gently you could barely feel its motion. On sultry afternoons you could lounge on the top deck and watch the farmers at work in the fertile lands beside the water, much ...

The Nile nourishes a green band stretching through the desert, from the heart of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. Along its ...

The exhibit runs on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with the last entry at 5 p.m.; and on Fridays and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the last entry at 6 p.m. All ...

Archaeologists uncover a massive 3,000-year-old gold processing city in Egypt’s Eastern Desert. Discover the ancient smelting furnaces, residential districts, and the 628 'Ostraca' library fragments ...

TRAVELBOOK author Frank Lehmann cycled through Egypt’s vibrant history to the Valley of the Kings–a tour between dust, ...

Archaeologists discovered a 3,000-year-old gold processing city in Egypt’s Sukari mountains, revealing advanced mining systems and evidence of an ancient residential settlement.

February 16, 1923. The burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, or King Tut, is opened by archaeologist Howard Carter. Among the treasure trove of golden objects, funeral jewelry that is now on ...

Carter and his team searched the Valley of Kings for King Tut’s tomb for over five years, financed by George Herbert, fifth ...

On this day in 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamun was unsealed by British archaeologist Howard Carter.

The opening of the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1923 has been followed by a trail of death and misfortune, with those who ...

As the anniversary of Tutankhamun's tomb unveiling approaches, we examine the mysterious deaths and misfortunes that befell ...