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 ...

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 ...

On the easternmost outskirts of Cairo, the Egyptian government is building a giant belt of lakes and parks deep in the desert. Creators call it the “Green River” and say that when finished ...

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 ...