From the sunbaked desert plateau of Giza to the lush riverbanks of Upper Egypt, there is no better way to experience this ancient land than with a local tour group.

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 banks, the ancient Egyptians grew their crops, and still do. They also built ...

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

Love is not necessarily in the air in “Love Letters,” A.R. Gurney’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, but it is certainly on the page. Listening to the lines being read (and reading ...

IN ESNA: A guided village tour of Esna by foot is a great way to see a laidback everyday slice of the country and buy a traditional galabeya ("$US10 max," said our guide Laila) for the Egyptian-themed ...

Tomb Raider is now in production. The series stars Turner as Lara Croft, the ambitious archaeologist and adventurer. Tomb Raider’s cast includes Martin Bobb-Semple as Zip, Lara’s tech-support friend; ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in southern Mexico, adorned with complex carvings, which has been called “the most significant archaeological discovery of the last decade.

A long-missing royal tomb has been confirmed as belonging to the pharaoh Thutmose II, completing the record of Eighteenth Dynasty kings. The finding redraws a pivotal chapter of ancient Egyptian ...

The mythical “Cloud People” have descended from legend — straight into real life. Archaeologists in southern Mexico have uncovered a stunning 1,400-year-old tomb built by the ancient Zapotec ...

A remarkable scene at the Grand Egyptian Museum shows Hatshepsut and Thutmose III depicted back-to-back, the same size—proof they ruled as equals. But their relationship evolved: she knew him as a ...