IN a previous communication I referred to the probability that the lower portion of the Delta borings belongs to the Pleistocene and Isthmian deposit which underlies the modern Nile mud ...

That's because Egypt's best-known river is suffering from a crayfish invasion. Procambarus Clarkii to be exact. It's a native of Louisiana and relatively new to Egypt. Now it's clawing and burrowing ...

Five thousand years ago Giza, situated on the Nile's west bank ... belief is that the gradually sloping ramps, built out of mud, stone, and wood were used as transportation causeways for moving ...

Peret Also called the Season of the Emergence. As the floodwaters went down, the land beside the Nile was left covered in thick dark mud which was very fertile. Farmers used this season to plant ...