Egypt

The Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt for nearly three centuries. This Greek dynasty came to an end when the Romans defeated the famous Mark Antony and Cleopatra. What was Egypt like under Roman rule? How was it different or similar...

A monitoring group in Egypt has released evidence of construction work taking place in Rafah on the border with Gaza that may be intended to house Palestinians fleeing from the potential Israeli assault on the city. Photos and videos released...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had face-to-face talks with Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on Wednesday in Cairo, following more than a decade of tensions between the two countries. The two countries decided to resume the functions of the high-level strategic...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the ruins of a temple for the ancient Greek god Zeus in the Sinai Peninsula, authorities in Egypt said. In a statement, the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said the temple ruins were found in the Tell el-Farma...

The city of Naukratis was the earliest ancient Greek colony in Egypt that served as the connecting and trading post between the Greek and Egyptian civilizations

Evidence preserved on papyri and ostraca as well as in graffiti indicates ancient Greek and Roman tourists visited Egypt to observe and admire the Egyptian civilization. While in ancient times people traveled—sometimes quite far—to worship, written evidence that has been...

The mysterious Djedefre pyramid, which today lays in ruins, has eluded Egyptologists for years because of its unusual staircase feature. Constructed in the Fourth Dynasty, more than four thousand years ago, the Pyramid of Djedefre is located about five miles...

The location of the entrance to Egypt's only 'floating' pyramid, named after Egyptian Pharaoh Senusret II, stumped archaeologists for more than half a century, but what was found in the nearby workers' village is the real story. Situated at El...

Egypt is renovating an ancient pyramid using granite blocks in a project that has been criticized by experts and likened to "straightening the Tower of Pisa." The granite blocks are being installed at the Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of...

When a farmer in the Gaza Strip discovered the head of a 4,500-year-old ancient goddess statue, it sparked a new interest in Canaanite history. Archaeologists dubbed it the "tear goddess" due to a tear-shaped mark under her eye, according to...