The Phoenicians were known for their exceptional naval skills which stemmed from two notable innovations at the time. HEre's ...

The story of Ancient Egypt is the story of the Nile. The river’s floods, cycles, and central location allowed a great ...

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 ...

When one hears "Unusual Ancient Egyptian God" you rarely ever think "Snake With Legs" but this one is just that, and was ...

Across the Levant in the 15th century B.C., cities were rising up against freshly-installed pharaoh Thutmose III. It would be ...

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists in Egypt are unraveling the secrets of an ancient military site ... and the Mediterranean Sea. Many Egyptian kings built fortresses ...

Importantly, the river branch would have allowed boats to ferry construction materials for the many pyramids built at that time. “The ancient Egyptians needed a major waterway to transport very ...

Is this another piece of royal propaganda, or a secret code for the elite? Well, it's all a matter of perspective.

The Diolkos stone road is a marvel of engineering from Ancient Greece, allowing ships to travel from the Ionian Sea to the Aegean Sea.

The Grand Egyptian Museum King Tut galleries prepares for their grand opening, with the arrival of his ceremonial chair.

Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier says he has identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75-foot-tall structure, which France received as a gift in 1836 ...

A Nile River cruise is one of the world’s best travel experiences, not just for its incredible temples and tombs, but for the ...