On a private trip with Original Travel, I visited Cairo and Alexandria before heading into the desert in a 4x4 with a local guide. Our ultimate destination was Siwa, where in 331BC Alexander the Great ...

The khamsin, a seasonal weather phenomenon that occurs between February and June, originates in desert ... Upper Egypt will reach 37 degrees during the day and fall to 17 degrees at night.

The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) expects moderate weather during the day in most areas on Monday, while being moderately cold at night and early morning ... Damietta), Lower Egypt (Delta), ...

The desert is home to a variety of unique plant and animal species, including desert foxes, sand cats, and Egyptian vultures ...

Alessandro Gandolfi / Paralleloz / Aurora Photos In 1902, a team of geologists guided their camels into a valley in Egypt’s Western Desert—a ... and at night the moonlight was so bright ...

Most foreign visitors to Egypt stick to the Nile Valley ... Its caretaker served us tea and told of the desert djinns he heard "howling to one another" at night. Then came Wadi al-Hitan, where ...