As dawn breaks on Orthodox Easter Monday, Egyptians of all faiths gather in parks, on balconies, and along riverbanks, ...

Workers package salted fish at a factory in Port Said, Egypt, on April 19, 2025. As dawn breaks on Orthodox Easter Monday, ...

Though lesser-known beyond Egypt's borders ... traces its origins to Shemu, an ancient Egyptian harvest festival celebrating the life-giving Nile flood and the rebirth of the land.

Forget the Rhine, the Seine, and the Danube. You need to venture out further if you want access to the best river cruises in ...

A popular ancient name for Egypt was "Kemet," which means the "black land." Scholars generally believe that this name derived from the fertile soil that was left over when the Nile flood receded ...

When we think of modern innovations, we often picture digital devices, advanced medicine, or sleek engineering. But what if many of the ideas we call “modern” were already in use thousands of years ...

The Nubian people, indigenous to southern Egypt and northern Sudan, have a unique heritage characterized by distinct ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

Earthquakes, looting and Nile floods obscured much of ruler ... a common method of cementing alliances in the ancient world, but unusual for Egypt, whose rulers tended to disdain foreigners.

Our esteemed editor invited me to lunch a while ago. After three hours I had to leave because Qantas doesn’t even hold planes ...