The Nile, flowing south to north through Egypt to the Mediterranean, is more than 4,000 miles long, by some measures the world’s longest river, though by others a few miles shorter than the Amazon ...
Jinja, Uganda – It can be exciting to visit a world-famous landmark. Tourists flock to them, they are economic generators and they get much media attention. They often start out as somewhat obscure ...
August 15 marks the holiday the Flooding of the Nile. Have you heard of it? I just found out about it researching for this column. It surprised me because I have always had a love of Egyptian history.