Most foreign visitors to Egypt stick to the Nile Valley or the Red Sea coast, but that's to miss the bulk of this huge country – the deserts that stretch westwards from the river to the Libyan ...

Seclusion has kept these desert gems, if not secret, then still wild. Egypt’s oases are time capsules of millions of years of human and natural history, from when whales had legs to the Roman ...

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In Egypt’s Western Desert, ... A quick phone call was all it took to garner an invitation from Neamatalla to join him at Adrère Amellal over ... hikes up White Mountain, desert 4 x 4 drives; ...

Egypt's White Desert features surreal white chalk formations shaped by wind and sand, resembling alien landscapes, giant mushrooms, and icebergs. Credit : PINTEREST. Wadi Rum, Jordan .

On the easternmost outskirts of Cairo, the Egyptian government is building a giant belt of lakes and parks deep in the desert. Creators call it the “Green River” and say that when finished ...

The simple answer is no. Not all of Egypt, ancient or modern, qualifies as a desert. Areas near the Nile River tend to be lusher, and Egyptians — in both ancient and modern times — have had a ...

Nestled within Egypt's White Desert National Park, this surreal landscape is home to striking white terrain and bizarre mushroom-shaped rock formations, giving it an almost otherworldly illusion.

Christian monasticism began in the Egyptian desert: in the 4th century, St Anthony – later known as the "father of all monks" – went there to live in an empty tomb, and was tempted by the devil.

Most foreign visitors to Egypt stick to the Nile Valley or the Red Sea coast, but that's to miss the bulk of this huge country – the deserts that stretch westwards from the river to the Libyan ...