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- Listen to your mummy! Egyptian priest’s ‘voice’ heard 3,000 years after his death through 3D-printed vocal tract
A mummified Egyptian priest dead for millennia was granted the gift of the gab after scientists used 3D-printed vocal cords to recreate his voice, fulfilling the priest’s dying wish to be heard from the afterlife.Jan 23, 2020 23:53World News - 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
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