For years, fish fossils have turned up in the deserts of western Egypt, and nobody could explain why. Now we know: Long ago, the Egyptian desert was home to a body of water the size of Lake Michigan.

2000-12-25 04:00:00 PDT Cairo-- The map on the wall at Dia Al Quosy's office in the Ministry of Irrigation sports a very optimistic portrait of Egypt's future. Robust swathes of greenery perk up in ...

Egypt faces a challenge unlike any other: feeding a rapidly growing population while most of its land remains barren desert.

CAIRO (Reuters) - It looks like a mirage but the lush fields of cauliflower, apricot trees and melon growing among a vast stretch of sand north of Cairo's pyramids is all too real -- proof of Egypt's ...