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1/9. 🌀Devastating tropical #CycloneFreddy, which has made landfall twice 🤯, has caused #LossAndDamage in #Madagascar🇲🇬, #Mozambique 🇲🇿 and #Maliwi 🇲🇼 including 220+ deaths, whilst breaking records as the longest lasting cyclone. Cyclone Freddy as it weakens over Mozambique following its s
2/9. In #Madagascar🇲🇬, at least 17 people have died due to #CycloneFreddy (7 from the first landfall on 21 February and 10 from the latest rains on 5 and 6 March), and nearly 299,000 people have affected.
3/9. In #Mozambique 🇲🇿, #CycloneFreddy has seen some provinces received as much rain in 24 hours as they would usually experience in one month. As a result 10 people have died and 14 have been injured, 1,900 houses have been damaged or destroyed.
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#Luxor #GoldenCity. Here what Robichon and Varille said about the #Village of #Amenhotep III: To the north-west of the temple of Thutmes II, brick walls with the cartouche of Amenophis III delimit rectangular spaces that must have served as workshops and storerooms.
Inside these enclosures we found powdered granite and sandstone, painted jars, and stamped jar stoppers. Not far from there, the craftsmen lived in a district of hovels which seems surrounded by undulating walls.
To the north of the temple of Thutmose II, outside the limits of the excavation, a brick wall with a cartouche of Amenophis III is flush with the surface of the ground. Its orientation shows that it relates to previous workshops.
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''Lost golden city of #Luxor' discovered by archaeologists in Egypt’

‘The 3,400-year-old royal city was built by Amenhotep III, abandoned by his heretic son, Akhenaten, and contains stunningly preserved remains.’

nationalgeographic.com/history/articl…
‘Archaeologists unearth 'ancient Egyptian Pompeii' near #Luxor

“Archaeologists said on Thursday they had uncovered a large ancient pharaonic city that had lain unseen for centuries near some of Egypt's best known monuments.”

jpost.com/archaeology/ar…
‘3,000-year-old 'Lost Golden City' unearthed in Egypt's #Luxor

‘It was described as the biggest archaeological discovery since King Tut's tomb.’

“dates back to the era of 18th-dynasty king Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt from 1391 till 1353 B.C.”

abcnews.go.com/International/…
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📣🔴 Stay tuned! And watch the unrivaled Pharaohs’ Golden Parade tomorrow at 06:00 PM Cairo Time.
Here are number of kings and queens whose mummies will be moved from The #Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to The National Museum of Civilization in Fustat 👇
#ThePharaohsGoldenParade
King Siptah: He came to the throne as a boy, by a powerful official named Bay. Since he was too young to rule, his stepmother Tawosret, wife of Seti II, took on the role of regent.
His mummy was discovered in 1898 in the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV 35) in Valley of the Kings, #Luxor
Ramses II: He signed the first known peace treaty in history with the Hittites and was remembered as a great warrior, King Ramses II is arguably the most famous of the New Kingdom pharaohs. He recorded his Battle of Kadesh, which he fought against the Hittites, in multiple places
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Thread: This is the area where the Temple of Amenhotep, Son of Hapu, and 4 more lay. In Oct 2020 we saw archaeological work done in the area. I was interested in the outer rear of the temple, so we immediately went there #egyptology #archaeology #ancientEgypt #Luxor #excavations
The most interesting feature about this whole area, including the Temple of Ay and Horemheb, are the domestic structures from the time of Amenhotep III discovered by Robichon&Varille (ASHapu)+Hölscher (Ay-H.), cited after by Lacovara #Egyptology #Archaeology #Luxor #Egypt
We can see that structures in situ with my #GoogleEarth composition and the excavated area in the map along with my shot in October 2020 #Egyptology #Archaeology #Luxor #Egypt #ancientegypt
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#Discovery | Archaeologists unearthed 27 #sarcophagi in an ancient #Egyptian city of the dead. They've been sealed for more than 2,500 years.

#Egypt #Archaeology

businessinsider.in/science/news/a…
More than two millennia ago, 27 Egyptians were laid to rest in #Saqqara, an ancient city of the dead. Their organs were removed, and their bodies wrapped in linens. Priests placed them inside wooden boxes adorned with hieroglyphics.

#Egypt #Archaeology
The #mummies stayed buried in those #sarcophagi for 2,500 years — until their recent discovery by Egyptian archaeologists. The finding is one of #Egypt's largest in over a century.

#Archaeology
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#BREAKING: Kuwait announces new coronavirus case, bringing total to 62 arab.news/64475
#BREAKING: Bahrain says its Formula One race this month will be for ‘participants only’ without spectators over #coronavirus fears arab.news/64475
Bahrain’s Crown Prince @PrinceSalmanbi3 says the decision to close this month’s Bahrain Formula One race to the public was ‘to preserve the safety of citizens, residents and racing fans,’ as #coronavirus #COVID_19 continues to spread arab.news/m7a46
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