Giant Book of The Dead Scroll Discovered in Ancient Egyptian Burial Shaft
OWEN JARUS, LIVE SCIENCE
19 JANUARY 2021
A funerary temple belonging to Queen Nearit has been discovered in the ancient Egyptian burial ground Saqqara next to the pyramid of her husband, pharaoh Teti, who ruled Egypt from around 2323 BCE to 2291 BCE, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said in a statement.
Made of stone, the temple has three mud-brick warehouses on its southeastern side that held offerings made to the queen and her husband.
Near the pyramid, the team of Egyptian archaeologists also found a series of burial shafts containing the remains of people who lived during the 18th and 19th dynasties of Egypt (1550 BCE - 1186 BCE), the ministry said in the statement, which was released Jan. 16.
JAMES BEATY |Staff photo
Associate District Judge Tim Mills meets with the Pittsburg County commissioners Monday regarding security and COVID-19 protocols.
Pittsburg County commissioners met with Associate District Judge Tim Mills on Monday regarding security and COVID-19 protocols at the county courthouse.
District 2 Commissioner Kevin Smith said he became concerned after learning that members of the McAlester High School s mock trial team were meeting in Mills courtroom, sometimes after hours and on Sundays, to practice in a courtroom setting.
Smith said he became aware of the after-hours meetings when he stopped by the courthouse one evening and heard voices coming from upstairs.
SA name second string team for T20I series against Pakistan
Sports
January 20, 2021
KARACHI: South Africa on Tuesday announced a second string team for next monthâs three-match Twenty20 International series against Pakistan.
The South Africans were forced to bring in their second tier cricketers in the squad in order to allow the top players, who are part of the squad that will play a two-Test series against Pakistan, to be back home in time to feature in the Tests against Australia.
Heinrich Klaasen will lead South Africaâs T20 squad in the three-match series against Pakistan to be played in Lahore from February 11-14. He will lead the national team for the first time.
The Mysterious Alien Megastructure Star Is Not Alone, Astronomers Discover
20 JANUARY 2021
A new clue has just been found that could help solve the mystery of a weirdly dimming star. KIC 8462852, also known as Boyajian s Star, seems to have a binary companion that could be contributing to its irregular dips in brightness.
If confirmed with more detailed observations, the newly discovered companion star could help astronomers finally solve KIC 8462852 s ongoing mystery.
The star was discovered in 2015 by astronomer Tabetha Boyajian (hence it was previously Tabby s Star), and since then it has proven to be a real puzzle. It s a yellow-white dwarf star around 1,470 light-years away, and it keeps dimming erratically. There is no regularity either to the timing of the star s dimming, or the depth - some of the dips in starlight have been as deep as 22 percent.