Long before the first stone of Giza was laid, the ancient Egyptians looked to the receding floodwaters of the Nile to explain the origins of the universe. It began with 'Nun'—a boundless, silent abyss ...

A Nile cruise is not just a vacation. It is a direct encounter with one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen. The Nile River stretches over 6,650 kilometers across Africa, and for ...

Just inside the entrance of Cairo’s must-see Egyptian Museum is an unassuming display case off to the left. Competing for attention in a sea of head-turning antiquities — from towering statues to ...

Here's something that might surprise you: ancient Egyptians called the river "Ar" or "Aur," meaning "black," a reference to the rich, dark sediment that the Nile's waters carried from the Horn of ...