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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 ...

Half a century since Egypt's ground-breaking Aswan dam was inaugurated with much fanfare, harnessing the Nile for hydropower and irrigation, the giant barrier is still criticised for its human and ...

After Karnak, embark the elegant and privately chartered 42-passenger Oberoi Philae, home for the next six nights, in time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a diving expedition in the Nile River, archaeologists in Egypt discovered rock carvings featuring depictions of several ...

Minister of Culture Jehan Zaki visited Aswan on Monday, April 20, 2026, as part of her field tour of Upper Egypt governorates, as part of a series of intensive efforts aimed at supporting and ...

This photo taken on Feb. 20, 2026 shows a view of a Nubian village in Aswan, Egypt. Aswan, a southern Egyptian city on upper Nile River, is one of the country's famous tourist destinations. It boasts ...

The American “Archaeology Magazine” listed the necropolis discovered around the Aga Khan Mausoleum west of Aswan, which dates back to the Late Period and Greco-Roman eras, as one of the 10 most ...

Archaeologists from Egypt and Italy have discovered at least 34 mummies in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan. The remains date back to the late Pharaonic and Greco-Roman period, between the 6th ...