Most foreign visitors to Egypt stick to the Nile Valley or the Red Sea coast, but that's to miss the bulk of this huge country – the deserts that stretch westwards from the river to the Libyan border.

Thanks to modern images of Egypt's iconic pyramids towering over a vast sandscape, many people assume this area is, and always has been, a desert. But considering that climates and landscapes can ...

Led by a guide and driver, a photojournalist embarked on a three-day, two-night excursion that took her deep into one of the country’s lesser-known wonders. The Valley of Agabat in Egypt’s Western ...

The cometary cameraman was not the only one to snap the celestial snowball of late. On November 30, NASA’s Hubble Space ...

On the easternmost outskirts of Cairo, the Egyptian government is building a giant belt of lakes and parks deep in the desert. Creators call it the “Green River” and say that when finished, the ...

“In the desert, there’s a solution for everything,” our guide, Ahmed, told us. “Except the wind,” he added with a wry smile, zipping up his light jacket. As the sun dipped below the horizon on our ...