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After Years of Delays, Egypt’s Most Ambitious Museum Project Finally Opens This Year—Here’s a Look Inside
Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...
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Tomb of ancient Egyptian prince discovered at Saqqara — and it has a giant 'false' pink door
The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in ...
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Colonial loot, cultural loss: Why Africa wants its artefacts back
The repatriation of African art is gaining momentum, but a number of highly important and symbolic pieces remain in the hands ...
Egyptologist in Paris Discovers Secret Messages on the Luxor Obelisk
The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these ...
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World’s Oldest Monument Discovered in Turkey—7,000 Years Older Than the Pyramids!
Göbekli Tepe, a 7,000-year-older site than the Egyptian pyramids, is the world’s oldest monumental structure, offering a new ...
Zimbabwe stone carvers seek a revival as an Oxford exhibition confronts British colonial past
A collection of Zimbabwean stone sculptures will be part of an Oxford exhibition meant to 'contextualize' the legacy of ...
Stories etched in stone
The bazaar is redolent with the fragrance of spices, frankincense smoke and vendors calling every passerby to look at their ...
The World’s Most Anticipated Museum Is Finally Open. (Well, Mostly.)
The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long ...
Archaeologists Dug Under an Ancient Greek City—and Found a 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Settlement
On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...
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SÅ‚upcio: A 6,000-year-old amber 'gummy bear' that may have been a Stone Age amulet
"Słupcio" — or "little guy from Słupsk" in Polish — is the name given to the amber bear in 2013, when a Polish kindergartner ...
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Carved Into The Mountains Of Aswan Egypt; The Megalithic Tombs Of The Nobles
The Megalithic Tombs Of The Nobles Filmed In October 2021These ancient tombs cut into solid rock offer clues about lost stone-carving techniques and elite burial traditions.#AswanTombs#EgyptianNobles# ...