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University of Tübingen - Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities joint restoration project brings to light new images of gods and kings in scenes ...

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IMAGE: An ancient Egyptian mummy. Some 70 million high-ranking Egyptians were mummified (of which only a fraction have been ...

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Also displayed is a tattered papyrus scrap from the third century A.D., containing ... Jumping forward to ninth-century Egypt, we see pages from illuminated Coptic manuscripts: One contains a large ...

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CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying 13 Egyptian migrants to Europe has capsized off Libya’s coast, killing all on board except for one person, local authorities and a Libyan group said Tuesday.