Ruling the most powerful civilization on earth, Egyptian pharaohs would glide past the same braying hippos and reed-occluded crocodiles that ridge the Nile today. The heat still beats over the ...

Had Pharaoh not been afflicted by the sin of hubris, he would have wisely utilized this wonderful ability with humility and ...

Now, turning to the parashah: Parashat Va’era marks the beginning of the plagues, a deeply complex narrative in Jewish consciousness. During the Pesach seder, we ritually diminish the wine in our cups ...

Equally impressive are the massive nearby mortuary temples and colossi built to venerate the pharaohs after their passage into the afterlife. You can cruise the Nile without breaking the bank Our ...

1550–1295 B.C.) pharaohs, Tutankhamun likely had a mortuary temple somewhere along the Nile’s west bank—but they had been unable to find it in such a vast area dotted with ruins. However ...

the plateau drops down to the Nile, with Cairo beyond; and to the south, the Menkaure Pyramid and the vastness of the Sahara. Can you find the Solar Barque museum (see Pharaoh's Boat)?