Karnak ranks among my personal top four sights in Egypt. The photos may look impressive, but they still cannot capture the true scale of the entire complex.

From the Valley of the Kings to Hatshepsut’s temple: the woman who became pharaoh and the secret mummy cache. From the Valley of the Kings, we continued to Queen Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple at Deir e...

The Valley of the Kings is one of my favorite places in Egypt. It’s exactly the kind of destination where you know in advance you’ll see something historically significant, but only once you arrive do...

An early departure from Aswan and dawn in the middle of the desert We traveled from Aswan to Abu Simbel on an organized transfer. We set off during the night—or rather, very early in the morning—and t...

Aswan is a place where, in a single day, you can travel from ancient Egyptian temples thousands of years old to a colossal unfinished obelisk and a hotel where Winston Churchill stayed and found inspi...

I’ve visited Egypt around nine times already, and I’d gladly go again. To some, the pyramids, temples, and tombs may start to look the same after several visits, but I feel exactly the opposite. Every...