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- Mummified lions, crocs and birds found in ancient Egyptian burial ground (PHOTOS)
Archaeologists exploring a vast ancient Egyptian necropolis have unearthed a cache of mummified animals, including lions, crocodiles, birds and cats.Nov 23, 2019 13:32World News - Packed Boeing 737-800’s landing gear bursts into BALL OF FLAME after touching ground in Egypt (VIDEO)Airport maintenance staff rushed to put out a fire on a passenger plane’s landing gear shortly after it arrived in Egypt.Nov 10, 2019 07:26World News
- Watch Russian & Egyptian soldiers take turns downing US & British drones (VIDEO)The Egyptian hosts and their Russian guests took turns manning Egypt’s Russian-made air defense systems during a joint military exercise near Cairo. Each practice target required just one missile to take it down.Nov 7, 2019 07:40World News
- Perfectly preserved 3,000yo MUMMIES found in newly-discovered Egyptian sarcophagi (PHOTO, VIDEO)Egyptian archeologists have opened a number of sealed coffins that they accidentally discovered earlier this week. Inside they found mummies of men, women and children – all in excellent condition.Oct 19, 2019 18:26World News
- Vast trove of sarcophagi found ‘as the ancient Egyptians left them’ in Luxor (PHOTOS)Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a “huge cache” of some 20 perfectly preserved sarcophagi in the city of Luxor in a major discovery which will be used to boost the region’s ailing tourism industry.Oct 16, 2019 13:22World News
- Twitter purges hundreds of accounts from Egypt & UAE for ‘pro-Saudi messaging’ that targeted IRAN & QATARTwitter has permanently banned nearly three hundred accounts based in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, citing “platform manipulation” which boosted support for the Saudi government and “targeted” countries like Iran and Qatar.Sep 20, 2019 18:22World News
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