A slick Egypt side gave Socceroos coach Holger Osieck plenty to think about before January's Asian Cup.

Luxor exists because of one reason: the Nile, the great river of Africa.

London insurers have radical plans to reduce seaborne hijackings.

Standing on snakes and having trees fall on him are all in a day's work for the archaeologist who's been called Auckland's Indiana Jones.

A dream assignment helps photographer Chris Sisarich fulfill a life-long ambition.

A farmer in northern Egypt says his cow has given birth to a two-headed calf that he calls a 'divine miracle.'

Scenes seen from the cruise ships on the Nile River in Egypt

Jehan Casinader finds the Nile's ancient past has to compete with its colourful present.

Julie Woods never thought she would be able to tour places like the temples at Luxor.

Jill Worrall prepares to intervene in a debate over a felucca ride.

East of the Nile, Jill Worrall finds two neighbourhoods where life continues at a less frenetic pace than in the rest of the city.

Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot.

Jill Worrall is bewitched by the beauty of the boy king's death mask.

Jill Worrall is whisked through Cairo's cacophony by taxi, boat and horse-drawn carriage.