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Egypt

The Oldest Copy of the First Illustrated Book Has Been Discovered in Egypt

Called 'The Book of Two Ways,' it provides detailed instructions and ancient cheat codes for navigating the afterlife.
By Helen Holmes

Egyptian Artists Claim Government Interference in the Country’s Controversial Venice Pavilion

Behind the scenes, the Egyptian government is handling the pavilion in a way that essentially sets it up to fail.
By Paddy Johnson

This Ramadan, ISIS May Be Down but They’re Not Out

Ramadan gives some would-be terrorists that nudge from thought to action—no caliphate necessary.
By Bridget Johnson

This Man Hopes to Bring Peace to the Middle East by Solving Sky-High Unemployment

By Jonathan Russo
Vice President Mike Pence on October 5, 2017 in Chantilly, Va.

ISIS, Iran and Arab-Israeli Conflict Top Pence’s Agenda for Middle East Trip

By Micah Halpern
Israel's Or Sasson (white) competes with Egypt's Islam Elshehaby at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Faced With Discrimination at International Judo Championship, Israel Persists

By Micah Halpern
Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 20, 2017 in New York City.

Forgotten Palestinian Cause Has a Major PR Issue

By Jonathan Russo
Cat Coffin with Mummy, 305-30 B.C.E.

Ancient Egypt’s Animal Mummies Are Hiding Secrets Beneath Their Wrappings

By Alanna Martinez
Revellers watch the sunrise as they celebrate the pagan festival of Summer Solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, southern England on June 21, 2015. The festival, which dates back thousands of years, celebrates the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. Modern druids and people gather at the landmark Stonehenge every year to see the sun rise on the first morning of summer.

The Scientific Discovery That Explains Stonehenge and the Summer Solstice

By Alanna Martinez
An artifact found inside the tomb.

Egyptian Archaeologists Discover 2,500-Year-Old Tomb With Over 300 Artifacts Inside

By Sage Lazzaro
An archaeological worker looks at the face of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tutankhamun as he is removed from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, 04 November 2007. It was the first time that the true face of ancient Egypt's boy king Tutankhamun was revealed to the public since he died in mysterious circumstances more than 3,000 years ago.

DNA Testing on Mummies Reveals Surprise Ancestry for Ancient Egyptians

By Alanna Martinez
Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Enany (C) speaks to the media on May 13, 2017, in front of mummies following their discovery.

17 Mummies Discovered in Ancient Egyptian Necropolis

By Alanna Martinez
A picture taken on April 19, 2015 shows an aerial view of the bent pyramid of Dahshur, a royal necropolis located in the desert on the west bank of the Nile river, just south of Cairo.

3,700-Year-Old Egyptian Pyramid Was Probably Built for a Princess

By Alanna Martinez
Archaeologists and the newly uncovered mummies.

Archaeologists Discover ‘Important’ Trove of Mummies Near Egypt’s Valley of the Kings

By Alanna Martinez
Egyptian Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas in Cairo, Egypt, on January 6, 2016.

ISIS Pegs Coptic Christians Made Vulnerable by Egyptian Government

By Bridget Johnson
Universal Dark Universe Tom Cruise

Suggested Viewing if You’re Excited for Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mummy’

By Alanna Martinez
Members of the Egyptian police force stand guard in Cairo, Egypt.

Egypt Has Figured Out How to Defeat ISIS: Defend Christians

By Micah Halpern
Security experts doubt that President Donald Trump's latest executive order will help national security.

Will Trump’s Plane Tech Ban Face as Many Legal Challenges as His Immigration Ban?

By John Bonazzo
TOPSHOT - Egyptian minister of antiquates Khaled el-Anani poses for picture with workers next to the head of a statue at the site of a new discovery by a team of German-Egyptian archeologists in Cairo's Mattarya district on March 9, 2017. Statues of the kings and queens of the nineteenth dynasty (1295 - 1185 BC) were unearthed in the vicinity of the Temple of Ramses II in what was the old Pharonic city.

Why Experts Are Buzzing Over the Discovery of This 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Statue

By Alanna Martinez
Egyptian clergymen stand next to the coffins of the victims.

ISIS Massacres Christians in Egypt, Says Christians Are Its ‘Favorite Prey’

By Micah Halpern
This image puts the tomb's size into perspective.

Archaeologists Just Discovered a Huge 3,000-Year-Old Royal Egyptian Tomb

By Sage Lazzaro
British Prime Minister Theresa May meets King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia on December 6, 2016.

Saudi Arabia Is Quickly Regaining Allies

By Olivier Guitta
Tourists take photographs in front of Egypt's famous Giza Pyramids on December 18, 2016 in Cairo, Egypt. Since the 2011 Arab Spring and continued terrorist attacks throughout the country, Egypt's tourism industry has been hit hard. As the country tries to rebuild a damaged economy and revive the tourism industry, an increase in terrorists attacks in the past two weeks, one which targeted police officers at a checkpoint in the Giza neighbourhood, could continue to see the tourism industry suffer.

Tourism Decline Threatens Egypt’s Monuments, Happy 80th to Picasso’s ‘Guernica’!

By Alanna Martinez
André Brahic(November 30, 1942– May 15, 2016) French astrophysicist who discovered the rings of Neptune in 1984.

In Memoriam: 8 Tech and Science Titans Who Died in 2016

By John Bonazzo
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