Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. It is a mighty thing, this massive red-granite obelisk, lying under a scalding sky in the open-air museum that is Egypt's Aswan quarries.

While Cairo and Luxor dominate much of the conversation about Egypt’s ancient wonders, it’s Aswan, Egypt’s southernmost city, that quietly holds the heart of the Nile. With its laid-back charm, ...

The sun rays once again penetrated the entrance of Aswan's iconic Abu Simbel Temple earlier on Tuesday in a captivating celestial phenomenon, illuminating the Ramses II statue and showcasing the ...

This ancient trading city on the Nile is the most wonderfully scenic of all Egypt’s riverside towns, with plenty of energy and attitude to match. Arriving in Aswan is a highly scenic finale to a ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian archaeologists draining water from a temple in the southern city of Aswan have uncovered a sandstone sphinx likely dating to the Ptolemaic era, the antiquities ministry said ...

Some amazing archeological finds involve daring adventures into hidden tombs. Others – as is the case with the discovery of a beautiful new sphinx in Egypt – simply involve a spot of drainage. The ...