Today, 31 pyramids built between the 27th and 18th centuries B.C.—almost 1,000 years—are strung along the foothills of Egypt’s Western Desert plateau ... of the last Ice Age.

Thanks to modern images of Egypt's iconic pyramids towering over a vast sandscape, many people assume this area is, and always has been, a desert. But considering that climates and landscapes can ...

Egypt wants the development to help increase the value of state assets and boost land prices through "non-traditional, innovative ideas," Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said.

But there were many other "wonders" to see on the way. Christian monasticism began in the Egyptian desert: in the 4th century, St Anthony – later known as the "father of all monks" – went ...

Egyptian desert patrols warned them that the route was unsafe because of old land mines still planted there, but since they had a four-day supply of food and water, they decided to cut across the ...