Picture a country where pharaohs once ruled, and billion-dollar smart cities rise from desert sands. Egypt isn't just about the pyramids anymore. Beyond Cairo's bustling streets, something ...

Underwater treasures. Ancient legends. Mysterious ceremonies. Intricate works in gold and hieroglyphs and massive stone figures. “Egypt’s Sunken Cities,” which opens Sunday at the Minneapolis ...

Carved into rock near the village of El-Khawy in southern Egypt, a massive line of ancient hieroglyphs has just been brought ...

It was 2,200 years ago when the Nile swallowed up the ancient Egyptian port city of Thonis-Heracleion. It was a cataclysmic event, much like the ancient city of Pompeii was buried in ash. But it was ...

When earthquakes and high tides came to the Mediterranean area 1,200 years ago, Egypt lost two great seaside cities to the water. Very busy workers in the last seven years have been recovering ...

“In order to be smart, cities need to be sustainable and inclusive”.This is one of the key messages emerging during a conference organized by UN-Habitat Egypt Office and co-organized with and the ...

I recently visited the Zabaleen neighborhood of Minsheyet Nasr in Cairo, Egypt, and met with Hana Fathy. Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen, senior supervising producer Davar Ardalan, and senior ...

Neolithic towns and villages in the Near East -- Early Sumerian cities -- Mesopotamian cities in the late third and second millennia BC -- Cities of the Indus Valley civilization -- Egypt of the ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's capital Cairo and some of its port cities were hit by a severe sandstorm, with strong winds and heavy dust forcing the closure of several ports. Pedestrians ducked into ...

Underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio before a photographic assembly of a sacred barque used in the Mysteries of Osiris. Credit: MinnPost photo by John Whiting For 1,000 years, they lay undisturbed ...