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Sheep in Cairo Thanks Australia for Animal BanCairo, Egypt - An activist dressed as a sheep presented a floral bouquet to the Australian embassy in Cairo on Sunday for its country's ban on exporting live animals to Egypt. |
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Ancient Alexandria On DisplayBerlin, Germany - It's a good thing that the Martin Gropius Building has such high ceilings. It'll need them. The exhibit at the Berlin museum includes 15-ton statues sculpted from rose-colored granite that have spent millennia on the ocean floor. |
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Oldest wooden statues found in EgyptDaqahliya Region, Egypt - Archeologists in Egypt have unearthed two 5,000-year-old wooden statues, complete with gold wrapping paper, believed to be the oldest such artefacts ever found, the team said yesterday. |
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New restoration project set for Egypt’s SphinxGiza, Egypt - The Great Sphinx of Giza, one of the most famous images of Egypt, is going to receive some cosmetic surgery. |
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World’s Oldest Ocean Vessels Discovered in EgyptNear the Red Sea, Egypt - Massive wooden planks, ropes, and cargo boxes found in a series of caverns near the Red Sea have been identified as parts of the oldest seafaring ships ever discovered. |
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Ancient war goddess statues unearthed in EgyptCairo, Egypt - A team of Egyptian and German archeologists has unearthed six statues of the lion-headed war goddess Sekhmet during restoration work at an ancient temple in the southern city of Luxor, officials said Monday. |
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Enigmatic discoveryLuxor, Egypt - The discovery of a red granite head of a king with Nubian features in the precinct of Amenhotep III's temple on Luxor's West Bank has puzzled Egyptologists. |
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Sun temple largest ever to be foundCairo, Egypt - A popular outdoor market in the east of Egypt's capital city will be shut down after archaeologists discovered a pharaonic sun temple with large statues believed to be of King Ramses II beneath it. |
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Intact tomb found in Egypt’s Valley of the KingsCairo, Egypt - An American team has found what appears to be an intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings, the first found in the valley since that of Tutankhamun in 1922, one of the archaeologists said on Thursday. |
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Archeologists Find Ancient Ship RemainsCairo, Egypt - An American-Italian team of archaeologists has found the remains of 4,000-year-old ships that used to carry cargo between Pharaonic Egypt and the mysterious, exotic land of Punt, the Supreme Council of Antiquities has announced. |
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