However, according to researchers in Egypt, the US, and Australia, the pyramids visible in the desert today were not the only ones built. Since the beginning of the Pharaonic era, the River Nile ...

branch of the Nile, long buried beneath farmland and desert. “Even though many efforts to reconstruct the early Nile waterways have been conducted, they have largely been confined to soil sample ...

After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

Here, the extreme dry sands of the desert meet the fertile silt-laden soils along the Nile—a river that provides a source of life for the entire nation and a good part of the African continent.

Blue and White together form the Upper Nile, the mighty, desert-cleaving waterway that gave birth to ancient kingdoms such as Kush and Pharaonic Egypt. Finally, the Nile reaches Egypt. After ...

Inspired by the secret to the Nile Delta’s fertility, engineers are using a concoction of clay, water and local soils to grow fruits in the desert. In March this year, just as countries across ...

It almost never rains in Egypt, where approximately 95% of the land is desert. For that reason, almost all the drinking water and water required for farming comes from the Nile River. If you know that ...

Located in the desert sands near the Nile in modern Sudan, the ancient culture of Nubia played a decisive role in shaping Egypt from the eighth century B.C., serving as that kingdom’s 25th ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Old World: Pharaohs of the Nile In the unforgiving deserts of Africa, the Nile birthed powerful empires that shaped the old world. Lead the people of ...