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Royal antiquities excavated at Luxor Temple
Archaeology
February 25, 2022
Royal antiquities excavated at Luxor Temple
The Egyptian archaeological mission working at Luxor Temple found a group of important royal antiques. These included a black granite…
Death toll rises to 24 in Pakistan shrine suicide bombing
Middle East
October 7, 2017
Death toll rises to 24 in Pakistan shrine suicide bombing
The death toll from a suicide bombing at a Shia shrine in the country’s southwest increased to 24 after four…
Muslim prayers end peacefully at Jerusalem mosque
Middle East
July 29, 2017
Muslim prayers end peacefully at Jerusalem mosque
Prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque ended peacefully on Friday amid two weeks of unrest over security devices at the major…
Jordanians protest against Israel at funeral of shot teenager
Middle East
July 25, 2017
Jordanians protest against Israel at funeral of shot teenager
Several thousand Jordanians urged their government on Tuesday to close the Israeli embassy in Amman and scrap an unpopular peace…
Israel dismantles metal detectors from key Jerusalem shrine
Middle East
July 25, 2017
Israel dismantles metal detectors from key Jerusalem shrine
Israel began Tuesday to dismantle metal detectors it installed a week earlier at a contested Jerusalem shrine, hoping to defuse…
Israel Embassy shooting in Jordan complicates shrine crisis
Middle East
July 24, 2017
Israel Embassy shooting in Jordan complicates shrine crisis
A deadly shooting at Israel’s Embassy in Jordan further complicated Israeli government efforts on Monday to find a way out…
Metal detectors at Jerusalem shrine trigger new tensions
Middle East
July 19, 2017
Metal detectors at Jerusalem shrine trigger new tensions
A dispute over metal detectors is escalating into a new showdown between Israel and the Muslim world over a Jerusalem…
Arab gunmen kill 2 Israeli policemen at Jerusalem shrine
Middle East
July 15, 2017
Arab gunmen kill 2 Israeli policemen at Jerusalem shrine
Arab assailants struck at ground zero of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Friday, opening fire from inside a major Jerusalem shrine…
Ayyubid Sultan al-Kamel’s compartment door stolen from shrine
Archaeology
March 9, 2017
Ayyubid Sultan al-Kamel’s compartment door stolen from shrine
Security authorities have begun investigations into the theft of the wooden door from the compartment of Sultan al-Kamel, the forth…
Finnish researcher guides visitors to popular Tanta shrines
Archaeology
November 5, 2015
Finnish researcher guides visitors to popular Tanta shrines
Guests at an international poetry festival in the city of Tanta, Gharbiya, made a brief visit Wednesday to the shrine…