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Tuthmosis II shrine in Karnak temple ready to open after restoration
Mahmoud Afifi, the head of the ancient Egyptian Antiquities Section at the Ministry of Antiquities said that after its reconstruction in 2010, the most delicate operation was then conducted which aimed to replace the fragments of the ceiling slab and of a lintel, which were broken in many fragments. French Egyptologist Christophe Thiers, director…
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Ancient Greeks may have built China’s famous Terracotta Army – 1,500 years before Marco Polo
The startling claim is based on two key pieces of evidence: European DNA discovered at sites in China’s Xinjiang province from the time of the First Emperor in the Third Century BC and the sudden appearance of life-sized statues. Before this time, depictions of humans in China are thought to have been figurines of up…
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Greece began schooling migrant children
“Schooling refugee children falls under Greece’s international obligations,” Education Minister Nikos Filis told a news conference. Afternoon classes will be held in 20 schools in greater Athens, Thessaloniki and other parts of the country, the ministry said. But after two schools in northern Greece last month expressed opposition to the project, officials said only vaccinated…
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Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries: remembering late directors, honouring young talents
With the participation of international celebrities and public figures, the festival launched its competitions for long films as well as individual short films and documentaries. The festival screens around a hundred films from foreign countries, including Spain, France, Russia, the US, and Greece, as well as Arab countries like Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Algeria, and Yemen.…