The crocodile absorbs jealousy. It takes it in, for protection from evil.” Limekamrkamlia Nhmda’s words rest in the warm ...

The Sahloul family compound includes a family room, kitchen and bedrooms opening out onto a courtyard. (Marilyn Jones / Special Contributor) Quiet conversation and the whip of the felucca's single ...

I spent 4 unforgettable days sailing the Nile River in Egypt, traveling from Aswan to Luxor on a luxury cruise — and it was ...

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. The first tomb ...

“We went to the graves of our ancestors for the last time,” said Sheik Ahmed Mardani. “The women and children cried and we tried to console them, but we” knew our homes were lost and our lives changed ...

FROM a boat on the reservoir between Egypt’s high and low dams in Aswan, a local Nubian man called Haj Omar points to where the ancient temple of Philae used to be. After the low dam was completed in ...

They battled the Romans, ruled Egypt as pharaohs and constructed vast fields of pyramids. They are the Nubians, and they are not a "lost civilization" but rather a people who are with us today, based ...