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On This Day: Howard Carter enters King Tut's burial chamber in Egypt's Valley of Kings

Additional treasures found within the burial chamber are housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

 English archaeologist Howard Carter near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in the Valley of Kings, Egypt. Photo acquired on February 16, 2026.
Residents wave Somali flags as they attend a rally denouncing Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Somaliland region, during a gathering calling for Somalia’s territorial unity, in Mogadishu, Dec. 30.

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Turkey's 'Kaan' fighter jet seen during runway tests at its facilities in Ankara, March 17, 2023

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 US President Donald Trump seen over an illustrative image of American-Iranian ties (illustrative)

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Arab leaders gather for ‘peace summit’ without Israel

When US President Joe Biden came to Israel his meetings with the Jordanians, Egyptians and the Palestinian Authority were cancelled after Hamas falsely claimed a hospital in Gaza was attacked.

Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of Egypt and Sayyid Haitham Bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan of Oman take part in a consultative meeting in the UAE.

Abbas, foreign heads of state to attend 'peace summit' in Cairo Saturday

Here's who's planning to attend.

Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023.

Blaze engulfs historic ministry building in central Cairo

The fire appeared mainly confined to the top floor of the Ministry of Religious Endowments, although flames were seen shooting out of a second floor window as well.

 Smoke rises as Egyptian firefighters extinguish a fire that broke out in the historic neo-Islamic ministry in central Cairo, Egypt, August 5, 2023.

Abbas hoping to lure Hamas into Palestinian 'unity' gov't in Cairo conference

Abbas is also hoping to persuade Hamas to join a new Palestinian unity government that would end the split between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

 THE LEGITIMACY of the PA under the leadership of  Mahmoud Abbas is at a low point in Palestinian public opinion, says the writer.

Hamas accepts PA's invitation to unity talks after top official released

Abbas had invited the leaders of the factions to the meeting in response to the Israeli military operation in the Jenin Refugee camp earlier this month.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2022.

Amid rapprochement with Iran, Egypt invites Hamas, Jihad leaders to Cairo

The visit comes amid reports about a possible rapprochement between Egypt and Iran, which has long been backing Hamas and PIJ.

 SUPPORTERS OF Hamas and Islamic Jihad take part in a rally to celebrate the shooting attack at the Ilka Bar in Tel Aviv, in the southern Gaza Strip, last April

Egyptian minister to visit Turkey as ties improve - Ankara

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told private broadcaster A Haber that his counterpart would come soon, with details to be given on Wednesday.

 Turkish and Egyptian flags.

Egyptians demand return of Rosetta Stone from British Museum

Experts believe that as the global perception of history shifts, Western museums could continue to receive such requests.

 Front-facing Rosetta Stone

Sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian official discovered in Saqqara necropolis

Ptah-M-Wia was a government official during the reign of Ramesses the 2nd, roughly between 1279 and 1213 BCE.

 Sarcophaguses that are around 2500 years old, from the newly discovered burial site near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, are displayed during a presentation in Giza, Egypt May 30, 2022

Egypt scores important points brokering the Gaza ceasefire - analysis

Cairo, again, proved itself indispensable in ending fighting between Gaza-based terrorist organizations and Israel.

 A view of houses that were damaged during Israel-Gaza fighting, as ceasefire holds, in Gaza City August 8, 2022.