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After Years of Delays, Egypt’s Most Ambitious Museum Project Finally Opens This Year—Here’s a Look Inside
Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...
Archaeologists Were Searching For a Lost Sanctuary—and Re-Discovered a Treasure Trove of Ancient Statues
After its original discovery in 1885, an ancient statue sanctuary in Cyprus was subsequently covered in sand and lost to time ...
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250 Ancient Mummy Coffins and 150 Bronze Statues Discovered in Egyptian Necropolis — See Some of the Treasures
A trove of ancient artifacts was revealed by Egyptian archaeologists this week and includes 150 bronze statues and 250 coffins dating back 2,500 years. The treasures were recently found at the ...
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Rebuilding an Ancient Egyptian Statue Is a Huge Challenge
The colossal statue of the ancient Egyptian King Psamtik I was discovered in pieces—over 1,900 of them. Rebuilding it, at least partially, can help archaeologists identify his pose and the size ...
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Why So Many Egyptian Pharaohs Have Their Noses Broken Off?
Curator Edward Bleiberg, in charge of Ancient Egyptian artefacts at Brooklyn Museum, said that he believes the reason so many statues had been disfigured was not due to wear and tear but another ...