Third century BC coins were found in Egypt. A total of 383 bronze coins and many other artifacts were uncovered by archeologists Wednesday April 21, 2010 at a site 50 miles southwest of Cairo, Egypt. The coins were buried just north of Qarun lake in Fayoum Oasis. The coins were plated with the...
Cleopatra, formally known as Cleopatra VII Philopator was the famous Egyptian who was well known for her beauty and sex appeal that captured two of the world’s most powerful men, Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. Behind her beauty is actually a brave woman who fought hard to retain Egypt’s independence...
A bombing at a the Al-Qiddissin church in Alexandra, Egypt has left 21 people dead and over 100 people on New Year's Day. Egypt's Interior Ministry believes a suicide bomber was behind that attack which left many wounded, body parts scattered, cars destroyed, and windows broken. The incident...
During last night's The Daily Show. host Jon Stewart declared to Egypt "Hands off Anderson Cooper." Stewart's statement followed the political turmoil in Egypt which encompasses attacks on several news reporters, including CNN's Anderson Cooper. Upon airing footage of the riots and unrest throughout...
Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman was the subject of a failed assassination attempt on January 29, 2011. The attack left a pair of Suleiman's body guards dead and was deemed an "organized attack" launched upon Suleiman's motorcade shortly after he was appointed vice president by Egyptian leader...
Sinai peninsula is the target of a terrorist threat per Israel's "urgent" warning issued Tuesday. Israel urgently implored its citizens to leave Egypt immediately after having received "concrete evidence of an expected terrorist attempt to kidnap Israelis in Sinai." The official statement from...
The Journal of American Medicine published the results of a study led by top Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass. Archaeologists and researchers entered the tomb of the "Valley of the Kings" to study Tutankhamon (better known as "King Tut") who died at the age of 19 more than more than 3,000 years ago....
The Saluki is the royal dog of Egypt and is believed to be one of the oldest domesticated dogs known to man. They are known by other names such as the Gazelle Hound, Arabian Hound, Persian Greyhound, Persian Sighthound or Tanji. They are native to the areas of eastern Turkestan to Turkey and are...
CBS news correspondent Lara Logan was attacked in Cairo, Egypt on Friday, February 11, 2011 and the details involve sexual assault. Logan and her team of reporters and security were covering the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak when a mob of 200 people gathered at Tahrir Square. In a...
To be a gypsy is to live a nomadic, wandering lifestyle. The term “gypsies” has long been considered a derogatory term by both local and international organizations that advocates for equality, dignity and human rights. More specifically, the term actually refers to an ethnic group that are...
