The river Nile was life in ancient Egypt, providing a fundamental source of water and fertile silt while simultaneously offering protection and spiritual strength. Ancient Egyptians monitored the Nile ...

Although we usually imagine the conditions in Ancient Egypt to be much like the Egypt of today, back during the Holocene there was significantly more rain as a result of the African Humid Period (AHP) ...

With centuries of construction to its name, Ancient Egypt's illustrious Karnak Temple wasn't built in a day. The site - complete with colonnades, courtyards, and even a sacred lake - was constantly ...

Researchers have explored how the River Nile evolved over the past 11,500 years and how changes in its geography could have helped shape the fortunes of ancient Egyptian civilization. Research reveals ...

While searching the Nile River, a team of Egyptian and French archaeologists has discovered carvings, paintings and miniatures depicting ancient pharaohs. The underwater expedition took place near ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of ancient Egyptian artworks hidden below the waters of the Nile River. A joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission identified the artworks in an area of ...

Thirty-one different Egyptian pyramids appear to have been built along a branch of the Nile River that dried up millennia ago, according to new research published today in Communications Earth & ...

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Astronomy meets antiquity on this 10-day cruise of a lifetime along the legendary Nile River to experience the total solar ...

Scuba divers found several 2,300-year-old rock carvings linked to Egyptian pharaohs under the Nile River, archaeologists said and photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...