Riches buried in the Sahara fuel a perilous gold rush
A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...
Donald Trump in danger of playing into Putin's hands for one simple reason
One reason for Trump’s courting of Putin is his hope that the Russian President will use his influence with a rogue regime ...
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From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...
Tomb of unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh discovered
Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city ...
North Korea building land bridge with Russia to combat international sanctions
Pyongyang and Moscow are working together on building a land bridge between North Korea and Russia to increase transnational cooperation.
A mystery pharaoh’s massive tomb was discovered in Egypt
An international team of archeologists have discovered a massive tomb that belonged to one of ancient Egypt ’s earliest ...
Archaeologists find huge tomb of unknown pharaoh in Egypt
A team of Egyptian and American scientists found the tomb, believed to be 3,600 years old, nearly 23 feet underground at Abydos, an ancient city south of Cairo.
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This Ancient Pyramid Found in the Judean Desert May Have Been a Ptolemaic Tax Collector’s Station
The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...
Hurghada submarine: Two kids dead after sinking in Egypt's Red Sea
Two children are among the at least six killed after a tourist submarine sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt.
We visit the home of the most famous Greek poet you’ve never heard of
Travellers to Alexandria in Egypt can visit the restored apartment of Constantine Cavafy, the favourite bard of Jackie ...
Six dead and 39 rescued after tourist submarine sinks in Red Sea, says local governor
The accident happened off the coast of Hurghada - the Russian embassy in Egypt says all the tourists on board were Russian.
Pyramid scheme: Archaeologists question claim of ‘huge city’ beneath Egypt’s Giza Plateau
A research team’s astonishing claims that they discovered massive underground structures extending hundreds of feet deep ...