Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier says he has identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75-foot-tall structure, which France received as a gift in 1836 ...

Is this another piece of royal propaganda, or a secret code for the elite? Well, it's all a matter of perspective.

The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these strange encryptions.

Cruising along the Nile is a good way to visit Upper Egypt. In 2024, Egypt welcomed a record 15.7 million tourists, up from ...

One day, while reading the hieroglyphs, the Sorbonne University lecturer noticed something unusual: the inscriptions seemed to make an unusual gesture toward the portico of the Luxor Temple ...

Ongoing archaeological work at the Ramesseum Temple at Luxor has resulted in a wealth of new finds. Crews discovered storage areas—which once kept oil, honey, and wine—that paint a new picture of what ...

I took one of the best excursions I can remember with Ahmed Hammam, who took me past the Colossi to the Valley of the Kings, then through the temple of Luxor. Our finale was a walk down the Avenue ...

You can buy papyrus souvenirs from here. We flew to Luxor and boarded a cruise ship to Aswan to visit the temples. The first one was Kanak, the temple of the ancient god, Amun-ra. It was created ...

I’m at the vast Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, near Luxor, learning that the airbrush back then was a chisel and the victim was the fabled female pharaoh who gave her subjects 20 years of ...

The Temple of Luxor on the Nile.Credit: Egyptian Tourist Authority. You ought to be glued to the ship’s deck for the entire Nile cruise between Luxor and Aswan, which dishes up a glorious parade ...