Around 4,000 years ago, women in Nubia were using tumplines, a form of head strap, to carry around goods and young children.

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been just for the rich, according to burials found at the archaeological site of Tombos in Sudan. "Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs ...

In the heart of the buoyant local tourism scene, the Sofitel Cairo Downtown Nile sits beside the eponymous river, minutes from ... Cairo and Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan are listed in their ...

Located at the Third Cataract of the Nile, Tombos was founded during the Eighteenth Dynasty (c. 1400 BCE) as a strategic point to consolidate Egyptian control over Nubia. Unlike previous colonization ...

However, looking at the dig at Tombos, situated near the Third Cataract of the Nile, part of a broader Egyptian colonial expansion into Nubia during the New Kingdom (ca. 1550–1070 BCE), new evidence ...

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At least 18 people have died in what the National Weather Service (NWS) has called "catastrophic flooding" that hit the South ...

A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.