Our next adventure took us to Aswan, the gateway to Egypt’s mystical south. We boarded a super-fast night train, gliding ...

Tourists visit the Philae temple complex in Aswan, Egypt, Nov. 22, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) This photo shows the Philae temple complex in Aswan, Egypt, Nov. 22, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) A cat is pictured at ...

For travelers looking to experience Ancient Egyptian history, the most fruitful regions are those around Luxor – both north and south on the Nile – and Aswan, as well as the Cataracts region south of ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian archaeologists draining water from a temple in the southern city of Aswan have uncovered a sandstone sphinx likely dating to the Ptolemaic era, the antiquities ministry said ...

ASWAN, Feb 22 (MENA) – The sun aligned on the statue of Ramses II in Aswan’s Abu Simbel Temple on Saturday morning in a rare astronomical phenomenon that occurs biannually — on 22 October and 22 ...

Roots tendril out of the grassy banks, piercing the surface of the water, while giant dragonflies skim the heads of water buffaloes cooling off in the 46C heat. Nearby, African sacred ibises stand ...

Egypt is back. Though the country never left, visitor numbers dwindled after the 2011 revolution and subsequent protests that rocked Cairo through 2013. Unlike some more well-traveled destinations, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "The temple of Khnum stood near the ...

ASWAN, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that the students of the Egyptian Excavation Field School have uncovered a second-century temple at the Kom Al-Rasras archaeological site. Cartouches of the Roman ...