It’s nearing the end of my 11-day Egypt experience, and there’s always something new to see. It’s easy to sit on the deck of the sleek Viking river ship—one of six in the cruise line’s Nile fleet—and ...

The Phoenicians were known for their exceptional naval skills which stemmed from two notable innovations at the time. HEre's ...

The Diolkos stone road is a marvel of engineering from Ancient Greece, allowing ships to travel from the Ionian Sea to the Aegean Sea.

A 3,000-year-old relief reveals how Assyrian divers used stealth tactics and flotation devices to wage silent river warfare.

Merchant ships lacked speed and dexterity ... Most of the sources describing their actions come from ancient Egypt, and none gives a specific geographic point of origin for them.

adding that ships from India would bring ivory, pepper and textiles, among other products, to Egypt. Related: Mystery of 'impossible' ancient Egyptian statue may be solved It's possible that the ...

The tomb of a royal doctor was found at a necropolis full of the ancient elite in Egypt. Screengrab from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook page A tomb recently unearthed in ...

Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, which reigned for over two ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and ...