Sadly, we couldn’t. The centrepiece of our trip was to be a cruise down the Nile from Aswan to Luxor on the luxury river boat Oberoi Zahra. Before going aboard, though, I wanted very much to spend a ...

Stepping up to the table, the tourist squinted to make out what lay underneath the dusty glass top. “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, IVORY, 3,000 BC” read the typed index card next to several pale yellow ...

As Egypt built its High Dam, Sudan’s Nubian valleys quietly disappeared underwater, displacing thousands, burying ancient ...

The boat then heads toward Aswan and the first cataracts of the Nile. They negotiate the rapids successfully and give a detailed description of beautiful Philae Island [now submerged], with its ...

Could ancient mega-floods along the Nile hold the key to understanding the origins of the Great Sphinx? In this video, we explore new geological and geomorphological evidence, including massive ...

Each year, more than 30 million people globally receive surgery to correct cataracts. As many people age, the crystalline ...

The case this year is the earliest detection in nearly a decade. The virus carried by mosquitoes poses the greatest risk to people over 65 and the immunocompromised.

CICERO, N.Y. — The first human case of West Nile virus since 2019 has been detected in Onondaga County, officials announced ...

Ethiopia’s prime minister says the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile has been completed. Egypt has long opposed the dam, calling it an existential threat to its water supply. Egypt ...

The first human case of West Nile virus in Illinois has been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health ...