On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

But others may raise eyebrows, such a fig-only diet for Olympic athletes. In modern times, diet refers to food and drink. In ancient times, however, the idea of diet was more expansive.

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of what they believe was a large 3,400-year-old town dating to the New ...