Egypt is a destination that still the best experience on a guided tour for most Americans. It’s still a little too exotic for most Americans to navigate around comfortably without support from a local. Though English is widely spoken. The…
The Great Sphinx of Giza, commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human.…
The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples at Abu Simbel, a village in Nubia, southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. They are situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 km southwest of Aswan (about…
The Giza pyramid complex is an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments includes the three pyramid complexes known as the Great Pyramids, the massive sculpture known as the Great…
WHEN TO VISIT Egypt has a hot desert climate, with some scorching days May-Sep. The rest of the year is cooler. Winter (Dec–Feb) is generally mild, with cold nights in the desert. Sham el-Nessim (Apr/May) is a spring festival with…
Egypt, a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East, dates to the time of the pharaohs. Millennia-old monuments sit along the fertile Nile River Valley, including Giza's colossal Pyramids and Great Sphinx as well as Luxor's hieroglyph-lined Karnak Temple…
The old saying that Egypt is the gift of the Nile still rings true. without the river, there would be no fertile land, no food, and a lot less electricity. Although people's lives are increasingly physically detached from the water.…
That empty beach with nothing but a candlelit cabin, and a teeming coral reef offshore: they’re waiting for you in Egypt. The coast along the Red Sea has a rugged desert beauty above the waterline and a psychedelic vibrancy below…
The long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo promises to be one of the biggest cultural openings of the year, and opening date and ticket prices have finally been announced. it’s now slated to open in the last quarter of 2020…
Egypt once ruled an empire from Al Qahira – Cairo, the City Victorious. The metropolis is packed with soaring minarets and medieval schools and mosques, some of the greatest architecture of medieval Islam. At the same time, Egypt’s native…