A massive Ancient Egyptian fortress emerges in the Sinai and redefines how the empire's eastern border was defended.

Curated over the past few months by the Special Collections library public services coordinator Ruba Sadi, the exhibit covers ...

Served hot from street carts across Cairo, halabessa (or hummus-al-Sham) is a spiced chickpea and tomato drink Egyptians turn ...

An international team of archaeologists has shed new light, quite literally, on one of the most important ports in the ...

When we crack open a book, we’re partaking in a small miracle, joining in a tradition, millennia in the making, of preserving ...

As noted before, Pharaoh’s continued hardness of heart inaugurates a cycle of events often called “the ten plagues on Egypt.” Exodus does use the word “plague” but it also calls them “signs and ...

From the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World to Donald Trump’s territorial wishlist, test your travel knowledge. Every answer is the name of a country ...

Discover the awe-inspiring Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the tallest structures of the ancient world. Learn how Alexander the Great’s vision and brilliant Hellenistic engineering created a beacon ...

Damian Robinson receives funding from the Hilti Foundation. Franck Goddio receives funding from the Hilti Foundation. Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria’s eastern harbour, on Egypt’s ...

Underwater archaeologists announced Monday they had discovered the 2,000-year-old wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast of Alexandria. Divers found the vessel's hull, which was more ...

Scientists have discovered the wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat—estimated to have been some 115 feet long and 23 feet wide—submerged in an ancient port complex off of the coast of Alexandria ...