WE HUMANS sure love to measure and rank stuff. Over the course of our civilisation, we have measured and ranked pretty much anything worth doing like the biggest continent (Asia), the tallest ...

What is the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? It’s a question that has fuelled debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good.

What types of Nile river cruises are there? The classic seven-night Nile cruise is the most popular and numerous, sailing between Luxor and Aswan and back again, and stopping off at Edfu and Kom ...

Egypt’s Nile River is populated with ancient wonders and a host of cruise lines vying for your tourism dollars, but Oberoi is one of the only operators that secures private docking privileges in ...

At 4,130 miles (6,650 km) long, the Nile in Africa is the longest river in the world. Some people consider the Amazon in South America to be longer. This is because the many hundreds of channels ...

This is a painting that dates back thousands of years to Ancient Egypt. Artworks like this tell us a lot about the time and place that they come from. This painting shows a farmworker using a shaduf.

It almost never rains in Egypt, where approximately 95% of the land is desert. For that reason, almost all the drinking water and water required for farming comes from the Nile River. If you know that ...

Tour operator TUI expanded its river cruises outside Europe with the five-star, all-inclusive ship Al Horeya, which recently began sailing the Nile.