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• Madbouly oversees preparations for Grand Egyptian Museum Opening on 3 July February 25, 2025 7:16 pm Daily News Egypt Egypt has set July 3 as the official opening date for the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), following a review of preparations led by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. The announcement came after President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi approved the date. Madbouly, …
•  Exploring Ancient Understandings of Meteorites in Archaic Societies February 25, 2025 7:12 pm I News Cayman By Andrew Califf Author Bio: Andrew Califf is a journalist, archaeologist, and anthropologist interested in how people interact with the natural world. He has covered environmental conservation and Indigenous rights stories and conducted archaeological …
• Egypt finishes work on three-thousand-year-old mining city February 25, 2025 5:30 pm Prensa Latina - Cuba The excavations revealed a gold processing complex dating back 3,000 years, SCA Secretary General Mohamed Ismail Khaled said in a statement. The official specified that the facility had grinding and crushing stations, filtration and sedimentation basins, …
• Ancient Egyptian mummies still smell pleasant after 5,000 years February 25, 2025 5:20 pm Thred The study’s findings go beyond mere curiosity. By analyzing these scents, researchers identified four main sources; original mummification materials (like tree resins and animal fats), plant oils used in modern conservation, synthetic pesticides, and …
• Archaeologist Behind First Big Ancient Egyptian Find Since King Tut Says He’s Done It Again February 25, 2025 5:01 pm Artnet It was just this month that an English-Egyptian archaeological mission revealed that it had uncovered the last missing tomb of a king from Ancient Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty, King Thutmose II, in the first royal burial to be unearthed since the discovery …