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In Egypt turmoil, thieves hunt treasures - Taking advantage of Egypt's political upheaval, thieves have gone on a treasure hunt with a spree of illegal digging, preying on the country's ancient heritage. Illegal digs near ancient temples and in isolated desert sites have swelled a staggering 100-fold over the past 16 months since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak's 29-year regime an... - 2012/05/14

More artefacts to return to Egypt - After two years with Brussels Airport Customs Police, a collection of 80 artefacts that were stolen from Egypt and illegally smuggled out of the country is to arrive to Cairo. The story started in April 2010 when Customs at Brussels Airport caught an Egyptian woman trying to smuggle 80 genuine objects concealed inside two large replica Egyptian st... - 2012/05/08

Ancient Egyptians tracked eclipsing binary star Algol - Turn your telescope to the constellation of Perseus and you might note an unusual star called Algol, dubbed the 'Demon Star' or the 'Raging One'. You wouldn't notice anything much different at first, unless you happened to be looking during a window of a few hours -- every 2.867 days -- when Algol's brightness visibly dims. This unusual feature wa... - 2012/05/03

Ancient Egyptian mummy suffered rare and painful disease - Around 2,900 years ago, an ancient Egyptian man, likely in his 20s, passed away after suffering from a rare, cancer-like disease that may also have left him with a type of diabetes. When he died he was mummified, following the procedure of the time. The embalmers removed his brain (through the nose it appears), poured resin-like fluid into his hea... - 2012/04/30

Philae's Hathor temple gets facelift - To the east of the famous Isis temple on the island of Philae in Upper Egypt, workers and archaeologists are busy at work. They are cleaning and restoring the massive stone blocks that once formed the temple of Hathor, which is being rebuilt and restored in order to be officially inaugurated next month. Time has since taken its toll on the temple,... - 2012/04/27

Rare Egyptian scrolls found in Australian collection - A British historian claims to have unearthed a trove of Egyptian Book of the Dead fragments by a top ancient official after chancing upon a scrap on show in an Australian museum. John Taylor, an Egyptologist from the British Museum, said his discovery began with a shred of papyrus on display at Queensland Museum's new mummies exhibition bearing th... - 2012/04/23