My fixation on a small, desolate locale in the heart of the Sahara Desert started with a single line buried in a 630-page ...

The Umayyad desert castles are often described as mere stopovers or hunting lodges, but Quseir ‘Amra is something far more profound. It is a physical manifestation of the imagination of Caliph ...

The latest on Nile River cruises, flight disruptions, and government travel guidance. Plus, advice from on-the-ground travel specialists.

Mixed signals from the U.S. State Department about travel to Egypt have caused numerous trip cancellations, affecting tourism companies and creating confusion among travelers. Despite Egypt being far ...

What makes Wadi al-Hitan extraordinary is the type of fossils found here. The valley contains the remains of Archaeoceti, an ...

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) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration shows the dinosaur Spinosaurus mirabilis standing at water's edge over a carcass of the coelacanth Mawsonia some ...

In the heart of the Egyptian desert, an incredible prehistoric whale cemetery reveals the secrets of cetacean evolution. More than 400 fossilized skeletons, some over 40 million years old, show ...

Egypt is popularly known for pyramids and party spots, also holds a space that’s untouched by tourists. Far away in the western Desert, the medieval village of Al-Qasr, an abandoned 12th-century ...

Egypt has identified new commercially viable onshore hydrocarbon deposits in the Western Desert, several international media outlets reported on January 12, citing the Ministry of Petroleum and ...

When she first visited Siwa, an oasis more than 450 miles from Cairo in Egypt’s Western Desert, Nathalie Mohadjer was struck by its isolation. A strip of spring-fed palm groves, Siwa made her feel ...