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Egypt unveils newly discovered chamber inside Great Pyramid

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 years ago.

https://apnews.com/article/pyramid-egypt-cairo-chamber-antiquities-c104c9479b110b85567e61b9ee4bcc0e?

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Anger in Egypt after pharaoh’s gold bracelet stolen from a Cairo museum is melted down

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians reacted with outrage this week after officials said that a 3,000-year-old bracelet that had belonged to an ancient pharaoh was stolen from Cairo’s famed Egyptian Museum and then melted down for gold.

https://apnews.com/article/egypt-antiquities-museum-pharaoh-bracelet-stolen-13e6958fe0be0765a6ee77446025d7b7?

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Pharaoh's Tomb Reopens

Egypt reopened the tomb of Amenhotep III Saturday after more than two decades of renovation. The announcement comes weeks before the country is set to open its massive Grand Egyptian Museum on Nov. 1. Pharaoh Amenhotep III ruled over 3,000 years ago, during ancient Egypt’s 18th Dynasty. During his reign from roughly age 12 to 50, Amenhotep is credited with some of ancient Egypt's most impressive architectural achievements, including a massive mortuary temple, the palace at Malkata, and the Temple of Luxor. Amenhotep III’s tomb—on the west bank of the Nile River—was rediscovered in 1799 by two French engineers dispatched by Napoleon. The sarcophagus and other contents were already believed to have been looted. Watch a documentary here. The tomb's main burial chamber follows a 118-foot-long, 45-foot-deep descending passageway beneath the Valley of the Kings. Its inscriptions include scenes from the Book of the Dead, designed to guide the deceased through the underworld. See the best resources we've found on ancient Egypt here.