Mummies from around 2,000 years ago with golden amulets in their tongues were discovered in Alexandria, Egypt recently. The information was revealed by authorities on Wednesday and was undertaken by an Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission working near Alexandria.
"The mission discovered 16 tombs cut into the rock. in the temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria", the authorities announced in a statement.
The statement added that such burial techniques were common during the Greek and Roman periods.
US Museum of the Bible returns thousands of ancient artifacts to Egypt and Iraq Written by CHVN Friday, Feb 05 2021, 5:22 AM Steve Green, President of Hobby Lobby and owner and chair of the Museum of the Bible. (Hobby Lobby)
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The Museum of the Bible in Washington DC has returned around 5,000 ancient artifacts to Egypt after evidence showed that they were brought to the United States illegally during the Arab Spring.
According to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the items include “nearly 5,000 manuscripts and pieces of papyrus, with texts in Coptic, hieratic and demotic script, and Greek; manuscripts of Christian religious prayers; in addition to a number of funerary masks, parts of coffins, heads of stone statues, and a group of portraits of the deceased.”
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The Orange Peel, a live music space that has been closed since March, in Asheville, N.C., Jan. 27, 2021. Tens of thousands of eligible music clubs, theaters, museums and other spaces may overwhelm a $15 billion grant fund run by the Small Business Administration. Mike Belleme/The New York Times.
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.- In December, Congress created a $15 billion grant fund for clubs and performance spaces, recognizing that thousands of cultural institutions were at risk of closing permanently because there is no safe way to attend a rock concert or Broadway musical in a pandemic. Now comes the hard part: doling out the cash. The list of eligible recipients is large, and the Small Business Administration the agency in charge of creating rules and systems for the initiative, the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant has never run a major grant program. Its biggest pandemic relief effort, the $800 billion Paycheck Protection Pro