Tag: egypt
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Egypt Dig Unearths Earliest Image of Jesus?
from haaretz.com: A team of Spanish Egyptologists may have found one of the earliest-known pictures of Jesus Christ, in a 6th-century tomb unearthed in Upper Egypt. That and other images are painted onto the walls of a crypt inside an underground structure, whose use has otherwise baffled the finders. The main attraction at Al Bahnasa…
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Egypt Dig Unearths Earliest Image of Jesus?
from haaretz.com: A team of Spanish Egyptologists may have found one of the earliest-known pictures of Jesus Christ, in a 6th-century tomb unearthed in Upper Egypt. That and other images are painted onto the walls of a crypt inside an underground structure, whose use has otherwise baffled the finders. The main attraction at Al Bahnasa…
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Interview w/ Eva Bartlett of InGaza on Human Rights in Palestine
“Eva Bartlett follows in the footsteps of Rachel Corrie.” As she continues her US speaking tour about human rights in Palestine, activist and journalist Eva Bartlett joins us for the second episode of Geopolitiks to talk about her years spent volunteering in Gaza documenting the various angles of life under siege, from the “peace” talks…
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4,600-Year-Old Step Pyramid Uncovered In Egypt
from foxnews.com: Archaeologists working near the ancient settlement of Edfu, in southern Egypt, have uncovered a step pyramid that dates back about 4,600 years, predating the Great Pyramid of Giza by at least a few decades. The step pyramid, which once stood as high as 43 feet, is one of seven so-called “provincial” pyramids built…
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#Egypt’s Christians Stunned After #Coptic Church Shooting
from chron.com: Egypt’s Christians were stunned Monday by a drive-by shooting in which masked gunmen sprayed a wedding party outside a Cairo church with automatic weapons fire, killing four people, including two young girls, in an attack that raised fears of a nascent insurgency by extremists after the military’s ouster of the president and a…
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Egyptian Papyrus Found in Ancient Irish Bog
from phys.org: From 2010: “Irish scientists have found fragments of Egyptian papyrus in the leather cover of an ancient book of psalms that was unearthed from a peat bog, Ireland’s National Museum said on Monday. The papyrus in the lining of the Egyptian-style leather cover of the 1,200-year-old manuscript, “potentially represents the first tangible…
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Inside the Great Pyramid
from blogs.smithsonianmag.com: “There is a story, regrettably apocryphal, about Napoleon and the Great Pyramid. When Bonaparte visited Giza during his Nile expedition of 1798 (it goes), he determined to spend a night alone inside the King’s Chamber, the granite-lined vault that lies precisely in the center of the pyramid. This chamber is generally acknowledged as…
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Syria, Egypt Strife Sparks Surge In Cyber Attacks
from reuters.com: Syria’s civil war and political strife in Egypt have thrown up new battlegrounds on the Web and driven a surge in cyber attacks in the Middle East, according to a leading Internet security company. More than half of incidents in the Gulf this year were so-called “hacktivist” attacks – which account for only…
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New World Next Week: Episode164 – Journalists Under Attack
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode164 – Journalists Under Attack Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week, James and James try something different as they cover a number of updates and addenda to breaking news…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode133 – Pharaoh Morsi, African Blackwater, Droning On
Egypt’s Political Turmoil Dimming Chances Of Democratic Transition // Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Seeks Asian Investors For South Sudan Defense Projects // Obama Team Made Attempt To Solidify Drone Policy In Event of Romney Win
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‘Cult Fiction’ Traced to Ancient Egypt Priest
A recently deciphered Egyptian papyrus from around 1,900 years ago tells a fictional story that includes drinking, singing, feasting and ritual sex, all in the name of the goddess Mut.
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Calls to Destroy Egypt’s Great Pyramids Begin
from www.aina.org: According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt’s Great Pyramids–or, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabi’i, those “symbols of paganism,” which Egypt’s Salafi party has long planned to cover with wax. Most recently, Bahrain’s “Sheikh of Sunni…
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New World Next Week: Episode114 – Global sElections
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode114 – Global sElections Welcome back to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: France, Germany on Collision Course Over Austerity Treaty Meanwhile, Greek Left Leader Renounces Bailout Deal Related:…
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#PopOcculture: Suicide, Survivalist, Sex and more
Athletes, Celebs React To Death Of Former NFL Linebacker Junior Seau by Suicide at 43 // MI6 Codebreaker Found Dead in Bag Was Likely Killed, Coroner Says; Mysterious death of MI6 spy grips Britain // Ex-poster child for missing kids sentenced for raping girl // Fmr sheriff serves 17 days in sex-for-meth conviction