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Egyptian Court Delivers a Big Blow to Independent Media

Mada Masr is ordered closed, while chief editor is fined for operating website without a license

(Newser) - An Egyptian court ordered the closure of one of Egypt's last independent news outlets Tuesday after convicting its editor-in-chief of operating a website without a license, reports the AP , in a major blow to the country's shrinking press freedom. The publication, Mada Masr, said its editor-in-chief and founder,...

Archaeologists Dig Up Huge Pharaoh Statue Outside Home
Homeowner's Clue Leads to
Massive Egyptian Discovery
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Oct 17, 2026 5:30 AM CDT

Homeowner's Clue Leads to Massive Egyptian Discovery

Archaeologists dig up 2 large pharaoh statues after man spots ancient inscription

(Newser) - The discovery of an unusual stone in an Egyptian yard led archaeologists to two colossal royal statues, believed to depict the pharaoh Ramses II, also known as Ramses the Great. A homeowner in Behebat al-Hijara village in the Gharbia Governorate of Egypt's Nile Delta first alerted archaeologists to a...

After Restoration, Egypt Shows Fayoum Mummy Portraits

Officials praise international effort on second-century painting

(Newser) - Egypt on Sunday unveiled a restored version of "Tondo of the Two Brothers," a prized second-century painting from the famed Fayoum portraits. Specialists from Rome worked alongside conservators from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir—where the collection is usually kept—for three weeks to restore the artwork, officials...

Ancient Skull Fractures Hint at Human Sacrifice in Egypt

Study of Abydos burials finds lethal blows on early royal retainers

(Newser) - Some of ancient Egypt's earliest elites may have followed their ruler into death via human sacrifice. A fresh analysis of skulls from a 5,000-year-old royal cemetery suggests a number of royal retainers, including craftspeople and ladies in waiting, were likely killed as part of funerary rituals. In a study...

Rare Odyssey Fragment Found in Library Collection

Tiny parchment from Egypt preserves 'really fun passage' from Homer's epic

(Newser) - A Dutch scholar looking through a collection of early Christian texts turned up a pocket-size slice of Homer. Mark de Kreij of Radboud University spotted a 1,700-year-old parchment scrap in Utrecht University's holdings and realized it carried lines from Book 12 of the Odyssey, the verses in which...

This Art Has Been Hidden for 4.3K Years

Archaeologists uncover 'beautiful' ancient Egyptian tomb of judge at Saqqara

(Newser) - A long-buried judge who heard complaints on behalf of the king has resurfaced in the sands outside Cairo. Egyptian and Spanish archaeologists say they've uncovered a 4,300-year-old tomb at Saqqara belonging to Yunmen, a senior official who heard everyday citizens' complaints during the reign of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi, per...

Female Egypt TV Host Sentenced to Death in Drug Case

Sarah Khalifa among 12 condemned as court cites major narcotics operation

(Newser) - A high-profile Egyptian TV host now faces execution in a sweeping narcotics case, the BBC reports. Sarah Khalifa, 39, best known for the crime-focused show Mission Impossible, was sentenced to death by hanging alongside 11 others after a court found them guilty of running a drug operation that imported raw...

New 3-Way Defense Pact Is Like Article 5, Turkey Says

Agreement with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is pitched as a deterrent

(Newser) - Turkey's top diplomat says a new Middle East defense deal mirrors the core of NATO's security promise. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday described the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement among Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia as "technically" equivalent to NATO's Article 5, meaning an attack on...

Iran After New US Strikes: 'The Aggressor Will Be Punished'

Nations trade escalating attacks as the regional conflict widens

(Newser) - Iran's latest warning to Washington came with a deadline attached. Hours after the US military said it had carried out a "heavy wave of strikes" on dozens of Iranian targets overnight, Iran's Revolutionary Guard vowed that "the aggressor will be punished today," signaling more retaliation...

Trump Pledges Response After US-Owned Tanker Burns in Port

Apparent drone strike causes blasts in Egyptian port

(Newser) - Two natural gas tankers, one of them the US-owned Energos Winter, burned Wednesday after an apparent drone strike at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta. Flames lit up the port, which is not far from the Suez Canal, after explosions rocked the tankers, which were then moved away from the...

Messi's Most Puzzling Weakness: His Penalty Kicks
There's One
Area Messi
Is a Mere Mortal
analysis
Jul 8, 2026 12:45 PM CDT

There's One Area Messi Is a Mere Mortal

His usually transcendent game is just average on penalty kicks, and he's flubbed several

(Newser) - The man who's made soccer look borderline unfair for two decades keeps stumbling over its simplest shot. Writing at the Wall Street Journal , Jonathan Clegg and Joshua Robinson dig into why Lionel Messi, widely regarded as the greatest player ever, is merely average from 12 yards out—and sometimes...

Egypt Unveils Newly Found Ancient Artifacts

Many were at the famed Ehnasiya necropolis

(Newser) - Archaeologists have unearthed a set of ancient artifacts in Egypt including Pharaonic funerary furniture, remains of a Roman basilica, and a marble head of Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty, per the AP . The remains of the basilica and Aphrodite's head were found in an ancient...

Ancient Engineers Made Great Pyramid Quake-Proof
Ancient Engineers Made
Great Pyramid Quake-Proof
new study
May 21, 2026 1:03 PM CDT

Ancient Engineers Made Great Pyramid Quake-Proof

Study sheds light on the 'extraordinary' feat in Egypt

(Newser) - Earthquakes have rattled Egypt for millennia, but one structure keeps shrugging them off: the Great Pyramid of Giza. A new study says that's no accident, crediting the 4,600-year-old monument's design with keeping it unusually steady when the ground moves, reports Live Science . For their study in Scientific...

Israeli Strike Kills Son of Hamas Negotiator

It's 4th son of Khalil al-Hayya, key figure in Trump-brokered Gaza talks, to die in Israeli attack

(Newser) - An airstrike that killed the son of Hamas' chief negotiator has cast a shadow over US-mediated talks on Gaza's future, even as those talks continue in Cairo. Reuters reports that Azzam al-Hayya, son of Hamas figure Khalil al-Hayya, died on Thursday from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike the...

Snake-Charmer Show Goes Fatally Awry for One Guest

German tourist in Egypt dies after venomous cobra slithers up man's pants, bites him

(Newser) - A snake-charming performance in Egypt turned fatal for a German tourist after one of the creatures reportedly slithered into his pants and bit him, authorities say. CBS News and AFP report that the 57-year-old man was watching the show at a hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Hurghada...

Iliad Excerpt Found Inside Ancient Egyptian Mummy

It's the first evidence of Greek literary texts being used in mummification, researchers say

(Newser) - The idea that a good book stays with you has taken on a whole new meaning in Egypt. Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era necropolis at Al Bahnasa, site of ancient Oxyrhynchus south of Cairo, say they found a papyrus sheet tucked inside the abdomen of a mummy, bearing lines from The ...

Ancient World Wonder Is Being Rebuilt—Digitally
Ancient Wonder
of the World
Will Rise Again
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Feb 9, 2026 8:42 AM CST

Ancient Wonder of the World Will Rise Again

Digital twin project uses underwater scans to reconstruct the Lighthouse of Alexandria

(Newser) - A long-vanished giant of the ancient world is being digitally reconstructed for modern eyes, block by painstaking block. The New York Times reports on the Pharos Project , a French- and Egyptian-led effort to virtually rebuild the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the 460-foot beacon that once rivaled the Great Pyramid in height...

After Nearly 2 Years, Gaza Crossing Into Egypt to Reopen

Though Israeli move to open Rafah crossing Sunday is for 'limited movement of people only'

(Newser) - Israel said on Friday that it will reopen Gaza's border crossing with Egypt in both directions over the weekend, allowing Palestinians to enter and leave the territory after nearly two years of closure. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, said in a statement...

Cruise Ship Passenger Dies in Collision on the Nile

Italian tourist, 47, was inside her cabin at the time near Luxor

(Newser) - A Nile River cruise in Egypt ended in tragedy for an Italian teacher when the vessel she was on collided with another, reports People . Denise Ruggeri, 47, was aboard the Royal Beau Rivage when it struck another cruise ship while navigating a lock on the river roughly 20 miles from...

Pharaoh's Temple to the Sun Unearthed

Fifth Dynasty sun worship complex later became a settlement, archaeologists say

(Newser) - Archaeologists in Egypt say they've uncovered a massive 4,400-year-old sun temple tied to an ancient pharaoh—one of only two such structures ever found. An Italian team, working with Egypt's antiquities ministry, uncovered more than half of the long-buried temple of King Nyuserre, a lesser-known pharaoh of...

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