A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

In Yemen's desert lies the ancient city of Shibam with its mud brick skyscrapers symbolizing human adaptability in extreme ...

On Thursday the Paris-based hotel giant announced plans for Sofitel Legend Pyramids Giza, a new luxury hotel in development ...

Every year in Thailand, on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month of the Thai lunar calendar – usually in November – ...

Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological heritage is increasingly under threat from its ...

For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum's collections. Their findings ...

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...

The key features were a deep trench, two fortresses and an ancient river that was reportedly once forded by elephant-mounted Persian troops, said Jaafar Jotheri, a professor of archeology at the ...

As a winter city break or the start of a longer winter sun escape, the Egyptian capital is unbeatable – temperatures can ...

The research, identified a tunnel that connected the pyramids of Giza. The tunnel has been identified as an ancient Nile ...

It's a city inhabited for 11,000 years and has seen empires come and go, including the Greeks, Romans and Ottomans.

At the same time, classical architecture was also a main source of inspiration for the utopian city’s design, given its ...