CAIRO — Archaeologists in Egypt discovered a massive statue in a Cairo slum that may be of Ramses II, one of the country's most famous and longest ruling ancient pharaohs. The colossus, a large ...

CAIRO — While the ancient Egyptian empire fell a millennia ago, discoveries from the time period are still being uncovered. A team of archeologists from Egypt and Germany have found a colossal statue ...

CAIRO — Archaeologists in Egypt discovered a massive statue in a Cairo slum that may be of Ramses II, one of the country's most famous and longest ruling ancient pharaohs. The colossus, a large ...

Alexander Dziadosz has been a correspondent for Reuters in Egypt since October, 2009. In this piece he describes an encounter with Egyptian police and unidentified armed men, groups of whom control ...

CAIRO — The Egyptian government is using swine flu as an excuse to get rid of tens of thousands of pigs raised by garbage collectors who live amid the refuse in Cairo slums. But the move has prompted ...

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Massive boulders crashed down on a shantytown on the outskirts of Cairo Saturday, killing at least 24 people and burying many more under tons of rubble, Egyptian authorities said.

CAIRO (Reuters) - When an uprising ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Egyptians in the impoverished Cairo neighbourhood of Imbaba rejoiced. The revolt raised hopes that a democratic government ...

Host Liane Hansen reads letters from listeners reacting to our Climate Connections series on Egypt. We'll hear comments about the impact of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile Delta, Proctor and Gamble's ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Impoverished residents of red brick homes on an island in the Nile look nervously across the river at another Cairo slum, bulldozed this summer into a wasteland of rubble. Both areas ...

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CAIRO (AP) - Archeologists in Egypt discovered a massive statue in a Cairo slum that may be of pharaoh Ramses II, one of the country's most famous ancient rulers. The colossus, whose head was pulled ...