After 20 years, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally open. Twenty years of planning and construction. A billion-dollar budget. Nearly 50,000 artifacts spanning more than 5,000 years. The numbers ...

Snobs like to proclaim that they're a "traveler," not a "tourist." Someone who goes to Cairo and skips the Giza pyramids is neither a "traveler" nor a "tourist." He is an idiot. It's criminal to go to ...

“Get Out There” is a column for itchy footed humans written by long-time Paste contributor Blake Snow. Although different now, travel is better than ever. Today we visit the oldest “Wonder of the ...

The royal couple are on their first official State Visit to the country.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link As a city of more than 20 million people, Cairo is the most populous city in the Middle East and the second most populous in Africa. It feels like ...

The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?

It began in 1954, when a property tax law levied hefty taxes—up to 46 percent —on completed buildings, yet entirely exempted ...

Authorities said an improvised explosive devise detonated as the bus passed. A bus full of foreign tourists was bombed Sunday near Egypt's famed pyramids of Giza, injuring several passengers, ...