Egypt has been a tourist destination for hundreds of years. But once the Suez Canal was completed in 1869 and Egyptology became popular, tourism skyrocketed. Here's what it was like to visit the land ...

Egyptian anti-government protesters clash with riot police at the port city of Suez, about 134 km (83 miles) east of Cairo, January 27, 2011. Police fired rubber bullets, water cannon and tear gas at ...

The sphinx is believed to be over 2,000 years old. New opening: Also in September, the Egyptian Tomb of Mehu, pictured, opened to the public for the first time. The 4,000-year-old tomb belonged to a ...

Satellite survey of Egypt reveals 17 lost pyramids, thousands of antiquities. May 27, 2011— -- To find the ancient Egyptian city of Tanis, Indiana Jones had to confront snakes and outsmart Nazis.

More than 120 images of ancient Egyptian boats have been discovered adorning the inside of a building in Abydos, Egypt. The building dates back more than 3,800 years and was built near the tomb of ...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered what is believed to be the largest city of the Egyptian empire and the most important archaeological discovery since King Tut’s tomb nearly a century ago. Lost ...

Ongoing work: Khaled Al-Anani, Egypt's Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, said restoration workers are "keeping the necessary distance" in order to avoid transmission of Covid-19.

As Protests in Egypt continue to escalate, we’re adding compelling images and video that might help you visualize the extent of the unrest. Egyptian anti-government protesters pray in front of an ...

Egyptologists have discovered rock art from the 4th millennium BC during an excavation at a necropolis near Aswan in Egypt. The paintings were engraved into the rock in the form of small dots and ...

A huge lake once waxed and waned deep in the sandy heart of the Egyptian Sahara, geologists have found. Radar images taken from the space shuttle confirm that a lake broader than Lake Erie once ...