Egypt has opened up a 4,000-year-old tomb to the public for the first time, as part of its bid to show tourists that the country is ‘safe.’ Continue reading →

Evidence has indicated the village is from around 5,000 B.C., predating to before the pharaohs. Continue reading →

A zoo in the Egyptian capital Cairo has vehemently denied claims that it tried to pass off donkeys as zebras by painting them black and white.  Continue reading →

The train derailment took place just south of Cairo. Continue reading →

The blast occurred in a storage facility belonging to a local petrochemicals company outside the airport in the northern part of Cairo. Continue reading →

It’s been untouched for millennia, and now archaeologists are preparing to open a massive granite sarcophagus that recently unearthed in Egypt — and scientists are not sure what lies inside. Continue reading →

President Abdel Fatteh al-Sisi may have been re-elected to a second term, but many Egyptians would have preferred to see 25-year-old soccer star Mohamed Salah running the country instead.  Continue reading →

Egypt’s railway system has a poor safety record, mostly blamed on decades of poor management and maintenance. Continue reading →

A hot air balloon with foreign tourists sightseeing over the southern city of Luxor crash landed on Friday, killing a tourist from South Africa and injuring seven others, Egyptian officials said. Continue reading →