The small, but vibrant, community of Greeks, with roots deep in history, remains in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to this day.

The life expectancy of ancient Greeks has been a subject of controversy among historians. But what was their actual lifespan?

Many ancient Egyptian doctors were specialists, focusing on a single body part or sickness, according to the fifth-century B.C.E. Greek historian Herodotus. He wrote, “All the country is full ...

In 1928-29, the Swiss-German expressionist Paul Klee travelled across Egypt, traversing from Alexandria ... by the Greek historian and geographer Herodotus in the 5th century BC.

Dive into the whirlwind history of the wonders, and you'll find yourself in ancient Greece. Historians like Herodotus and Callimachus ... tested marvel in El Giza, Egypt. Colossus of Rhodes ...

As a student of history and of the Christian bible ... first recorded use of the term Palestine was by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th Century BCE, a reference to the Philistines ...

BC, the Near East was dominated by three powerful kingdoms: the Median Empire of Astyages, the Neo-Babylonian Empire of ...

Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations.

Egypt was home to the first known scientist, Imhotep, a brilliant Black physician. Famous for designing King Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the Egyptian polymath Imhotep (Greek: Imouthes, c.