Long before the first stone of Giza was laid, the ancient Egyptians looked to the receding floodwaters of the Nile to explain the origins of the universe. It began with 'Nun'—a boundless, silent abyss ...

Circular mounds of rocks dot the desert landscape at the archaeological site of Tombos in northern Sudan. They reveal tumuli – the underground burial tombs used at least as far back as 2500 B.C. by ...

A Nile cruise is not just a vacation. It is a direct encounter with one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen. The Nile River stretches over 6,650 kilometers across Africa, and for ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Here's something that might surprise you: ancient Egyptians called the river "Ar" or "Aur," meaning "black," a reference to the rich, dark sediment that the Nile's waters carried from the Horn of ...

Ancient Egypt—a civilization that was one of the most powerful the world has ever seen and which lasted for nearly 3,000 years—was among the first to mummify its dead, providing us a window into its ...