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Anubis, god of dead, floats down ThamesLondon, England, UK - A giant statue of the ancient Egyptian god of the dead floated down the Thames on Monday, turning heads as it crossed under London's Tower Bridge. |
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Ancient Pharaoh Temple Discovered Inside Egypt MosqueLuxor, Egypt - Parts of a temple dating to the reign of pharaoh Ramses II have been discovered inside a mosque in Luxor, Egypt, officials report. |
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Egypt footprint ‘could be oldest’Siwa, Egypt - Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered what might be the oldest human footprint ever found. |
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Egypt’s Largest Pharaoh-Era Fortress Discovered, Experts AnnounceTjaru, Tell-Huba, Egypt - The largest known fortress from ancient Egypt's days of the pharaohs has been unearthed near the Suez Canal, archaeologists announced on Sunday. |
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Egypt’s Oldest Known Art Identified, Is 15,000 Years OldQurta, Egypt - Rock face drawings and etchings recently rediscovered in southern Egypt are similar in age and style to the iconic Stone Age cave paintings in Lascaux, France, and Altamira, Spain, archaeologists say. |
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The World’s Mysterious PlacesMountain View, California, USA - This compilation of the world's most mysterious places on Google Earth includes Oak Island, Area 51, the Pyramid of the Sun & Moon, various figures from Nazca, the Atacama Giant, Loch Ness, Arbor Low, Stonehenge, Avebury, Silbury Hill, St. Michael's Mount, Angkor Wat, Ayres Rock, the Olgas, and Maree Man. |
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Egypt outlaws all female circumcisionCairo, Egypt - Egypt on Thursday finally banned all female circumcision, the widely-practised removal of the clitoris which just days ago cost the life of a 12-year-old girl. |
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‘Find of century’ for EgyptologyEgyptologists say they have identified the 3,000-year-old mummy of Egypt's most powerful female ruler. |
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More than 24,000 people set record for simultaneous dancingLjubljana, Slovenia - Thousands gathered on Friday in the Slovenian capital and more than 40 other cities to dance the quadrille in a bid to set a new world record in simultaneous dancing, organisers said. |
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4,000-year-old tomb unearthed in EgyptNear Minya, Egypt - Belgian archaeologists have discovered the intact tomb of an Egyptian courtier who lived about 4,000 years ago, Egypt’s culture ministry said yesterday. |
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