An ancient skyscraper considered the seventh wonder of the world crumbled to ruin centuries ago. Now an ambitious ...

Alexandria’s historic Raml tramway will close as Egypt begins a €592m light rail conversion aimed at doubling speeds and ...

Alexandria on the Tigris reemerges as archaeologists map a forgotten port city that once powered ancient global trade.

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If you've used a vending machine lately, you've probably noticed that they're pretty high-tech now, but this invention was ...

A “forgotten Alexandria” on the Tigris is being pulled back into focus by archaeologists using drones and geophysics, revealing what appears to have been a vast, carefully planned metropolis in ...

Sitting near the Tigris River and the Persian Gulf in southern Iran, the port city was a major trade hub until shifting ...

When structural engineers design a building, they aren't just stacking floors; they are calculating how to win a complex ...

A project is underway to reconstruct the lighthouse as a 3-D computer model ...

When Reem Abou Eid’s novel ‘Metropole,’ originally released in Arabic in 2017, appeared this year at the Cairo International ...

Egypt’s mediaeval Fatimid rulers are the subject of a new book providing a comprehensive portrait of the dynasty, writes ...

The Vietnamese Embassy has coordinated closely with relevant Egyptian authorities to complete all necessary formalities, ensuring the victim’s remains can be returned to Vietnam as soon as possible.