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Isis: Goddess of Funeral Rites and Healing in Ancient Egypt
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 56 minutes agoIsis, goddess of healing and funeral rites, was one of the most important Egyptian deities and arguably one of the most prominent female deities in the ancient world.
Egyptian Man Who Survived Shipwreck Denies Causing Greece Boat Disaster
MarineLink· 2 days agoAhmed Alkwrab thought his ordeal was over last June when he survived one of the deadliest shipwrecks...
Olympics-Egypt ambitious for Paris success with an eye on 2036
Reuters via AOL· 15 hours agoEgypt will take its biggest ever delegation to the Paris Olympics with the hope of exceeding its...
In 'Egyptian Made,' author Leslie T. Chang profiles struggles of garment workers
WBUR Boston· 2 days ago“Made in Egypt" — those three words increasingly appear on our clothing tags. But behind those words...
Migrants from around the world traverse California desert to reach US
KFGO· 6 hours agoBy Adrees Latif and Mary Milliken JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, California (Reuters) - Propped up against the...
Why are so many ancient Egyptians buried at the Saqqara necropolis?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThis happened because of the site's history and association withEgyptian deities, Staring said....
Barry Kemp spent his career digging up Akhenaten’s abandoned city
The Economist· 3 hours agoFor more than four decades Barry Kemp lectured and taught at Cambridge University. Cambridge is a...
The world’s most intact archaeological discoveries, ranked
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoOver 600 figures were uncovered, each representing a god or mythical creature in styles that ranged...
Daytime Emmy nominations: Full list of contenders
Gold Derby via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe full list of 51st Annual Daytime Emmy nominations was announced on Friday morning, April 19, at 9:00am Pacific/12:00pm Eastern by the National...
Pidyon haben: Redeeming the firstborn | Commentary
Sun-Sentinel· 3 days agoThe Torah, in the Book of Numbers, explains pidyon haben (redemption of the firstborn son; Numbers 3:40–51). Originally, the eldest son in each family was designated to serve in the Temple.