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Egyptian Cyber Army: The hacker group attacking ISIS propaganda online
A hacking group called the Egyptian Cyber Army took down the online recording of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Here's what we know about them.
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Egypt bans 'inaccurate' Exodus film
Egypt has banned a Hollywood film based on the Biblical book of Exodus because of what censors described as "historical inaccuracies". The head of the censorship board said these included the film's depiction of Jews as having built the Pyramids, and that an earthquake, not a miracle by Moses, caused the Red Sea to part. Exodus: Gods and Kings stars Christian Bale as Moses.
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Two ancient tombs discovered in Egypt
Two ancient tombs were discovered in Egypt on Sunday, with one representing a symbolic burial site of the god Osiris while another is claimed to be a previously unknown pharaonic tomb. The paper said Osiris’ tomb was found complete with multiple shafts and chambers at Al-Gorna necropolis on Luxor’s west bank, Ahram Online reported.
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Tombs of Osiris, God of the Dead, and unknown queen unearthed in Egypt
Working in the Theban Necropolis - a vast conglomerate of ancient tombs and mortuary temples that faced the ancient Egyptian city Thebes (modern Luxor) - archaeologists have uncovered an ancient tomb on the west bank of the Nile, made in the likeness of the the mythical Tomb of Osiris. The tomb was found in Abydos, one of the oldest cities of Egypt, in the necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, which contains the largest concentration of...
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Egypt student gets 3-year jail term for atheism
An Egyptian court has sentenced a student to three years in jail for announcing on Facebook that he is an atheist and for insulting Islam, his lawyer said Sunday. Karim al-Banna, a 21-year-old whose own father testified against him, was jailed by a court in the Nile Delta province of Baheira on Saturday, lawyer Ahmed Abdel Nabi told AFP. "He was handed down a three-year prison sentence, and if he pays a bail of 1,000 Egyptian pounds...
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Intriguing Tomb of Previously Unknown Egyptian Queen Is Discovered
A tomb dating back to the Fifth Dynasty of the Egyptian Pharaohs – approximately 4,500 years ago – was recently unearthed at the necropolis of Abu-Sir, just southwest of Cairo.
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The Delicious Chaos of Cairo’s Chinatown
Egypt’s revolution (and counter-revolution) hasn’t stopped an influx of Chinese, who bring with them a rich and delicious culinary heritage.
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King Tut's Burial Mask Has Been "Irreversibly Damaged"
The most famous archaeological relic in the world has been damaged during a botched cleaning attempt. After being knocked off, the blue and gold braided beard on King Tut's burial mask was "hastily" glued back on with an inappropriate adhesive, damaging the item even further.
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The Final Betrayal of Egypt’s Revolution
Thanassis Cambanis’s new book, Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian Story, follows the paths of two Egyptian activists who played prominent roles in organizing President Hosni Mubarak’s downfall four years ago this week. One is Moaz, religious but free-spirited, who grew up in the Muslim Brotherhood but firmly believed in Egypt’s future as a pluralistic and secular state. The other, Basem, is a middle-aged architect whose political awakening began in Tahrir Square.
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Museum's 'Ancient' Artifacts Called Fake
They're fake! That's what archaeologists are saying about two mummies that have long been part of Vatican's collection of antiquities. The small mummies, each about two feet long, had been thought to contain the bodies of children or small animals that dated back to ancient Egypt.
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Twenty-two People Killed Outside Cairo Soccer Stadium
Twenty-two people were killed outside an Egyptian soccer stadium on Sunday when security forces barred fans from entering, the public prosecutor's office said.
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German archaeologists find 2 statues of goddess Sekhmet in southern Egypt
A group of German archaeologists found two statues of Sekhmet, the Ancient Egyptian goddess of war and destruction, during work at a dig in the ruined city of Luxor, in southern Egypt, the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry reported Sunday.
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Mysterious Egyptian tomb reveals stunning 3,000-year-old art
It honored the king of the gods.
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Egypt unveils plans for new capital
The Egyptian government has announced plans to build a new capital to the east of the present one, Cairo. Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the project would cost $45bn (£30bn) and take five to seven years to complete. He said the aim was to ease congestion and overpopulation in Cairo over the next 40 years. The announcement was made at an investment conference that aims to revive the Egyptian economy.
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Egypt's curious plan to abandon Cairo as its capital and build a new $45-billion city in the desert
Over the weekend, Egypt unveiled plans to build a wholly new capital. The new city would lie somewhere to Cairo’s east, closer to the Red Sea. It would sprawl across some 150 square miles and potentially be home to as many as 7 million people. Projected to cost $45 billion, it was announced at a summit in the seaside resort of Sharm El-Sheikh aimed at boosting the country’s flagging economy.
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Ancient egyptian beer making vessels discovered in Israel
The pottery shards (pictured), found in Tel Aviv, come from large ceramic basins, which were used to prepare fruity beer that was left to ferment under the sun.
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The tension-ridden hydro-politics of the Nile
The declaration will only change the hydro-politics of the Nile if Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan walk the talk.
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Egyptian Court Sentences American Citizen Journalist to Life in Prison
Mohamed Soltan had just graduated from Ohio State University when his mother was diagnosed with cancer in her home country of Egypt. After hearing the news, he flew straight to Cairo to care for her. The idealistic 25-year-old, an American citizen who spoke Arabic, began translating for foreign journalists as pro-democracy demonstrations swept through the nation. Within months of his 2013 arrival in Egypt, a sniper shot him in the arm at a rally. Authorities arrested Soltan.
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Terror attacks skyrocket in Egypt – and across the globe
Six new terrorist organizations have emerged in Egypt since 2011.
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71 get life sentences for torching Egypt church
An Egyptian court has sentenced 71 people to life in prison for their role in the August 2013 burning of a Christian church in the Giza province village of Kafr Hakim, state news reports. The Virgin Mary Church was torched and looted by a mob, some of whom chanted against Coptic Christians and called for Egypt to become an "Islamic state," one of at least 42 churches and many more businesses and homes targeted that August, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch reports.
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