Egypt

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/15/2020
  

  Egypt Unearths New Mummies Dating Back 2,500 Years

  A recent excavation has produced the largest discovery of artifacts of the year at the Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara. 

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• SOURCE: UC Santa Cruz
  3/4/2020
  

  Elaine Sullivan Uses 3D Technologies to Peel way the Layers of History

  Professor Elaine Sullivan's publication is among the first to include interactive 3D models that can be navigated both spatially and temporally. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/23/20
  

  A Bittersweet Homecoming for Egypt’s Jews

  A rare ceremony at an ancient synagogue brought 180 Jews back to Egypt, decades after they were pressured to leave. But few Egyptians knew about it, highlighting government ambivalence.

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• 11/26/19
  

  The History Behind the Rocket Used in the Latest Attack Against Israel

  by Gideon Remez

  Israel wielded a similar "mega-rocket" against Egypt 50 years ago. How Soviet advisers dealt with it.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/9/19
  

  Woodrow Wilson and ‘the Ugliest of Treacheries’

  by Erez Manela

  After World War I, America was supposed to lead the fight against colonialism. What happened?

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• 2/24/19
  

  What Can One Ecologist Teach Historians?

  by John Gaudet

  Ecology can help substantiate historical changes that might otherwise go unnoticed.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/4/19
  

  Egypt Unveils Dozens of Newly Discovered Mummies

  Archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a tomb that consisted of a number of chambers that dated from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C. that were accessible through a corridor and sloping set of stairs.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-25-18
  

  The Newest Curse of the Mummy: Bad Drainage

  Engineers and archaeologists working together to save an ancient riverside temple in Egypt have discovered rare treasures, including a sphinx.

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• SOURCE: Press Release
  4/6/18
  

  Historian tells the forgotten story of America’s first female Egyptologist

  Missouri University's Kathleen Sheppard painstakingly spent two years transcribing the scholar's letters.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  2-3-18
  

  Ancient Egypt: Mysterious 4,400-Year-Old Tomb Reveals Rare Paintings in New Excavation

  The tomb is thought to have belonged to “Hetpet,” a high-ranking female official.

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  12-9-17
  

  Egypt discovers 3,500-year-old tombs in ancient city of Luxor

  The tombs, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, are the latest discovery in the city famed for its temples and tombs spanning different dynasties of ancient Egyptian history.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  10-5-17
  

  Ancient Egypt: 1,800 Years-old Pet Cemetery Filled With 100 Skeletons Discovered

  The cemetery, dating from the first and second centuries A.D., was discovered in the Roman port town of Berenike, established in Ptolemaic Egypt between 285-246 B.C.

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• SOURCE: ynetnews.com
  9-13-17
  

  Textbook featuring Israeli flag raises ire in Egypt

  Study book for eight graders shows the Israeli flag instead of the Palestinian one on a map of the Middle East, causing the Education Ministry in the country to order the removal of the controversial page from the book and bar it from further distribution while it investigates the matter.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  6-22-17
  

  Ancient Egyptian Writing: New Symbols Reveal Development Of Hieroglyphics

  A new discovery may hold some clues as to how carved images evolved into a formal writing system.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  5-30-17
  

  Egyptian Mummy Study Suggests Close Ties to Near East

  The study found that the genetic material within the mummies was more similar to ancient peoples of the Near East and the Levant (an area of the eastern Mediterranean including Israel and Palestine) than it is to modern Egyptians.

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• 4-10-17
  

  The Mummies Are Back, Directly from the Grave

  by Bruce Chadwick

  "Mummies," a new exhibit at New York's Museum of Natural History, is a sprawling tribute to the mummies of Egypt and Peru.

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  4-2-17
  

  2,000-year-old mummy shroud found in museum storage

  Museum curators in Scotland have discovered a piece of Egyptian history -- and they found it inside a crumpled up paper bag.

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• SOURCE: BBC
  3-16-17
  

  Egypt Pharaoh statue 'not Ramses II but different ruler'

  Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani told a news conference the statue was almost certainly Psamtek I, who ruled between 664 and 610BC.

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• SOURCE: The Telegraph
  3-10-17
  

  Archaeologists hail 'big discovery' in Egypt as statue 'depicting Ramses II' unearthed

  The quartzite statue was found broken into several pieces in the Matariyyah neighborhood of Cairo by a German-Egyptian archaeological team.

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• SOURCE: Seeker
  12-22-16
  

  5,000-Year-Old Nativity Scene Found in Egypt

  Italian researchers have discovered what might be the oldest nativity scene ever found — 5,000-year-old rock art that depicts a star in the east, a newborn between parents and two animals.