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 Danube in Depth cruise embarks in Nuremberg and disembarks in Budapest with stops in Regensburg, Passau, Linz, Durnstein, ...

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

ONE of Egypt’s popular holiday hotspots will be visa-free to visit this summer. The city of Luxor welcomed new flights from ...

Trump's team was instrumental in the ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas—and will play a critical role in Gaza's future ...

After becoming the King of Macedon at the age of 20 in 336 BCE, Alexander spent only two years in Europe. He defeated and ...

Umm Kulthum's father, an imam, recognised her talent early on, but fearing the ire of early 20th-century Egyptian society, disguised her as a boy so she could ...

The Palestinian Health Ministry says two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank overnight and ...

Population estimates have been referenced from official government census figures, or if unavailable, from the most recent U.N. data. As Egypt's legislative capital, Cairo is an ancient city of some ...

Successive forces have come through the revovling doors of the Horn of Africa nation and gone out without implementing a permanent peace strategy.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A woman rammed a car into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital and injured one of them Friday, police said, as a student-led strike shut down ...