Vast new necropolis found in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings
A vast necropolis with some 50 mummies, including pharaonic royalty, has been discovered in Egypt’s famed Valley of the Kings near the temple city of Luxor, officials said yesterday. Archaeologists, including experts from the University of Basel in Switzerland, found wooden sarcophagi, death masks and canopic jars used to store organs removed during the embalming […]
Egyptian judge to sentence more than 500 rioters to death
An Egyptian court is due to pass final judgment on 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death last month, in a case that has provoked outrage among Western governments and rights groups. The preliminary death sentences were issued on March 24 – just two days after the mass trial began – and relate to violence […]