The "remarkable" church, thought to be more than 1,600 years old, was found in an ancient city by a desert oasis.

More than a decade ago, archaeologists began to excavate one of the world’s oldest Christian churches in the middle of a ...

This desert covers the vast majority of Egypt—stretching from the Nile to the border with Libya and from the Mediterranean to Sudan—yet it is home to only a tiny fraction of Egypt's population.

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The White Desert, known locally as Sahara el Beyda, is a mesmerizing natural wonder located in Egypt. It is situated in the Farafra depression, a part of the larger Western Desert, approximately ...

A 1,700-year-old school with walls covered in Greek text referring to a passage from Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ is located in the ...

gave Britons an update on where they should and should not visit in Egypt. FCDO "no longer advises against all but essential ...

The fossil of the amphibious Phiomicetus anubis was originally discovered in Egypt's Western Desert. Its skull resembles that of Anubis, the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed god of the dead after ...

More than 90% of Egypt consists of desert areas, the two biggest being the Western Desert, a part of the Sahara Desert, and the Eastern Desert. The Western Desert is home to several unique ...