Egypt
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Egypt announces new archaeological discovery
World | Mar 14, 2021, 12:00 PM ISTEgypt's Tourism and Antiquities Ministry has announced the discovery of a number of ancient churches and rooms in the Bahariya Oasis, southwest of Cairo.
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2,400-year-old Egyptian Mummy unboxed in Jaipur after 130 years
India | Aug 18, 2020, 08:22 PM ISTAs if 2020 needed any more spooky incidents. A 2,400-year-old Egyptian mummy believed to be of a woman named Tutu has been unboxed after 130 years. The pictures of the unboxed mummy have been shared on social media by people who could not believe their eyes.
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Evacuate 17 Tamil Nadu travellers from ship in Egypt: PMK
India | Mar 09, 2020, 12:15 PM ISTThe opposition Pattali Makkal Katchi on Monday urged the Centre to ensure evacuation of 17 Tamil Nadu residents holed up on a cruise ship anchored in Egypt following a coronavirus outbreak on board.
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Bus with 16 Indians onboard crashes in Egypt
World | Dec 29, 2019, 10:13 AM ISTA bus with 16 Indian tourists crashed into a truck near Egypt's Ain Sokhna on Saturday. Six people were killed in the crash and one Indian national is among the dead.
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Egypt unveils animal mummies of lion cubs, crocodiles, birds
World | Nov 24, 2019, 06:43 PM ISTItems from the new find were displayed at a makeshift exhibition at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, south of Cairo, near where mummies and other artifacts have been found in a vast necropolis.
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Egypt to host new round of talks on Nile dam issue
World | Nov 17, 2019, 07:08 AM ISTDuring a meeting in Washington on November 6, foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed to hold four technical governmental meetings at the level of water ministers, and the World Bank and the United States would support and attend the meetings as observers.
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6 killed in fire caused by oil spill in northern Egypt
World | Nov 14, 2019, 10:14 AM IST"The fire was completely contained and extinguished," Secretary-General of Beheira Province Hazem al-Ashmouny told the Egyptian state TV, offering condolences to the families of the victims.
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Salah to miss Egypt's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Kenya and Comoros
Football | Nov 13, 2019, 08:38 AM ISTMohamed Salah has an ankle injury and was ruled out of the Egyptian squad for games against Kenya on Thursday and Comoros on Monday.
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Nile river six times as old as previously thought
World | Nov 12, 2019, 12:34 PM ISTThe Nile river flowing through Egypt could be six times as old as previously thought, according to a study which estimated it to have originated at least 30 million years ago.
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Rising seas threaten Egypt's fabled port city of Alexandria
World | Aug 30, 2019, 02:04 PM ISTRising sea levels threaten to inundate poorer neighborhoods and archaeological sites, prompting authorities to erect concrete barriers out at sea to break the tide. A severe storm in 2015 flooded large parts of the city, causing at least six deaths and the collapse of some two dozen homes, exposing weaknesses in the local infrastructure.
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Egypt: 17 killed, 32 injured in deadly car explosion in central Cairo
World | Aug 05, 2019, 09:15 AM ISTAt least 17 people have been killed and 32 others were left injured in a deadly explosion outside Egypt's National Cancer Institute in central Cairo, Egypt's health ministry said early on Monday. Several videos have been shared on social media that showed fire trucks trying to control a massive fire, which damaged several cars.
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Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was killed: Erdogan
World | Jun 19, 2019, 08:11 PM ISTDuring a speech in Istanbul, Erdogan cited as evidence that the deposed Egyptian president allegedly "flailed" in a Cairo courtroom for 20 minutes Monday and nobody assisted him.
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Egypt: Ousted president Mohammed Morsi dies in court during trial
World | Jun 18, 2019, 09:26 AM ISTThe 67-year-old Morsi had just addressed the court, speaking from the glass cage he is kept in during sessions and warning that he had "many secrets" he could reveal, a judicial official said. A few minutes afterward, he collapsed in the cage, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.
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Egypt: Tourists injured in explosion near Giza Pyramids
World | May 20, 2019, 07:59 AM ISTA device went off close to the museum fence as the bus was passing.
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100-year-old Egyptian mystery solved, famed 'desert glass' was formed by a meteorite
World | May 16, 2019, 07:22 PM ISTThe glass was used to make ornaments for Egyptian King Tutankhamun. Scientists from Curtin University in Australia have concluded that the desert glass was formed due to a meteorite impact.
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Three tombs discovered under Egypt's Great Pyramids, finds study
Travel | May 06, 2019, 12:57 PM ISTAn Egyptian archaeological mission has unearthed three tomb, including one that was shared by two priests over 4,400 years ago. Know more!
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Archaeologists found 34 mummies in hidden Egyptian tomb; Know more
Travel | Apr 26, 2019, 05:08 PM ISTArchaeologists have discovered at least 34 mummies in the Egyptian city of Aswan that dates back to the late Pharaonic and Greco-Roman period, between the 6th century B.C. and the 4th century A.D., know more!
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Egypt to host 2019 African Cup, Mohamed Salah wins player of the year again
Football | Jan 09, 2019, 02:39 PM ISTThe Liverpool forward won the African player of the year award for a second successive year, making Tuesday a double victory for Egypt.
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Egypt: Police kill 40 militants in crackdown after Giza bus attack
World | Dec 30, 2018, 06:25 AM ISTThe ministry also released a series of images purportedly depicting some of the militants killed in the raids, with assault rifles seen next to their bloodied bodies.
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Egyptian forces kill 40 'extremists' after terror attack
India | Dec 29, 2018, 11:00 PM ISTThe operations were carried out in the governorate of Giza and the Sinai Peninsula after an explosion on Friday targeted a bus carrying Vietnamese tourists on an excursion to the Giza pyramids, leaving four people dead and 11 others wounded, Efe news reported.