pharaoh

Mural in Egypt depicting King Tutankhamun

3 min

Africa

Egyptian authorities remove murals of famed Pharaohs over dark features, promoting "Afrocentric" narrative

Murals depicting Queen Nefertiti and King Tutankhamun with dark features near Cairo's Egyptian Museum sparked public backlash with critics accusing the artwork of promoting an "Afrocentric" narrative

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A pink granite sarcophagus belonging to a ranking government official during the reign of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Ramses II in Saqqara, Egypt, on September 19, 2022.

3 min

North Africa

Egypt unveils ancient Rameses II-era 'royal secretary' sarcophagus

'The official was responsible for the divine offerings to all the gods of Upper and Lower Egypt'

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A burial cave discovered in the Palmachim National Park, central Israel.

3 min

Archaeology

Israeli archeologists find burial cave from Pharaoh Ramses era

Archeologists said it was ‘a discovery of a lifetime’

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A sarcophagus is shown at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo, Egypt, on October 3, 2020.

2 min

Culture

Egypt 'digitally unwraps' mummy of famed pharaoh

Analysis showed Amenhotep I was the last pharaoh to not have his brain removed from the skull

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