Hundreds of stone monuments scattered across northwestern Saudi Arabia may represent the oldest known ritual site on Earth. Researchers studying mustatils, courtyards made from sandstone blocks, date them to about 7,000 years ago, making them millennia older than Stonehenge or the Pyramids at Giza. Surveying the region by helicopter, the team found over 1,000 mustatils, … Read more
Hundreds of stone monuments scattered across northwestern Saudi Arabia may represent the oldest known ritual site on Earth. Researchers studying mustatils, courtyards made from sandstone blocks, date them to about 7,000 years ago, making them millennia older than Stonehenge or the Pyramids at Giza. Surveying the region by helicopter, the team found over 1,000 mustatils, … Read more
Archaeologists have given a first look inside Egypt’s ‘lost golden city’ of Aten, believed to be the greatest find since Tutankhamun’s tomb was unearthed a century ago. Scientists announced the discovery of the 3,500-year-old city on Thursday, lauding its intact structures left standing ‘as if it were yesterday.’ Today, the world was allowed a closer look … Read more
Archaeologists announced the discovery of a 3,500-year-old ‘lost golden city’ that was built by King Tutankhamun’s grandfather and may be the most significant find since the boy-pharaoh’s lavish tomb was unearthed nearly a century ago. The ancient pharaonic city, known as Aten, was constructed by King Amenhotep III, who ruled around 1390 BC, and was … Read more
How Egypt’s first female ship’s captain was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal – despite her being hundreds of miles away at the time Marwa Elselehdar was first mate in command of the Aida IV in Alexandria Online rumours spread that she had caused the Ever Given to run aground She was the youngest and … Read more
Egypt’s first female ship’s captain say ‘fake news’ reports blamed her for blocking the Suez Canal despite her being hundreds of miles away Marwa Elselehdar was first mate in command of the Aida IV in Alexandria Online rumours spread that she had caused the Ever Given to run aground She was the youngest and first … Read more
Six Americans are killed in helicopter crash in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula while serving with multi-national peacekeeping force Six US nationals were among eight killed, alongside French and Czech citizens Their helicopter crashed in the Sinai peninsula after an apparent technical fault It belonged to the MFO peacekeeping force set up after Israel-Egypt peace deal By … Read more
Five Americans are killed in helicopter crash in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula while serving with multi-national peacekeeping force Five US nationals were among seven killed, alongside French and Czech citizens Their peacekeeping helicopter crashed in the desert of the Sinai peninsula An Israeli source said they were part of the Multinational Force and Observers By Tim … Read more