Could there be a ‘vast underground city’ beneath the Pyramids of Giza? Egypt’s desert holds many secrets, even after ...

While most tourists stick to the Nile valley, Stanley Stewart heads west into a land of oases, temples, monks and miracles ...

each step under the desert sun bringing her closer to becoming the first person to complete a never-before-done ultramarathon route in Egypt. Suddenly, one slip of her foot between the asphalt and the ...

The Egyptians called the desert "deshret," meaning "red," and this endless carpet of sand covers an estimated 95 % of Egypt, interrupted only by the narrow band of green carved by the waters of ...

The gold extracted from these mines helped finance the ambitions of Egypt’s rulers, but it came at a significant human cost.” ...

With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

[AFP] In early winter, the warm sun bathes the desert hinterland of Kom Ombo, some 60 kilometers north of Aswan Province in Upper Egypt. Against the vast arid landscape, patches of lush green ...

Suddenly, one slip of her foot between the asphalt and the sand sent ... 550km across Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. She’d already completed hundreds of kilometres, endured testing desert elements ...