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Recent Did you know? items
* ... that novelist Sue Monk Kidd spent fourteen months researching New Testament–era Egypt and the Levant for The Book of Longings?
* ... that novelist [[Sue Monk Kidd]] spent fourteen months researching New Testament–era Egypt and the Levant for '''''[[The Book of Longings]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that a Picasso sculpture at University Village was called "half as high and twice as sexy as the Great Sphinx of Egypt"?
* ... that a Picasso sculpture at '''[[University Village (Manhattan)|University Village]]''' was called "half as high and twice as sexy as the Great Sphinx of Egypt"?
* ... that in 1917 British soldiers in France opened fire on '''[[Egyptian Labour Corps mutinies|mutineers from the Egyptian Labour Corps]]''', killing at least 27 of them?
* ... that '''''[[Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza]]''''' is based on [[Egyptian Ratscrew]]?
* ... that Moain Sadeq led excavations at Tell es-Sakan in the Gaza Strip, the oldest-known ancient Egyptian fortification to be excavated?
* ... that '''[[Moain Sadeq]]''' led excavations at [[Tell es-Sakan]] in the [[Gaza Strip]], the oldest-known ancient Egyptian fortification to be excavated?
* ... that the discovery of a coffin belonging to Ahhotep I, which had been reused to bury a high priest, ignited a debate among scholars over the true number of Egyptian queens named Ahhotep?
* ... that the discovery of a coffin belonging to '''[[Ahhotep I|Ahhotep I]]''', which had been reused to bury [[Pinedjem I|a high priest]], ignited a debate among scholars over the true number of Egyptian queens named Ahhotep?
Recent In the news items
5 November 2024 –
Two Egyptian air force officers were killed when a helicopter crashed during a training exercise. (Al Arabiya)
:Two Egyptian air force officers were killed when a helicopter crashed during a training exercise. [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/north-africa/2024/11/05/two-egyptian-pilots-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-suez-army (Al Arabiya)]
:[[Egypt]]ian [[President of Egypt|President]] [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] proposes a temporary two-day [[ceasefire]] in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] to [[prisoner exchange|exchange]] four [[Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis|Israeli hostages]] for several [[Palestinians in Israeli custody|Palestinian prisoners]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-dozens-north-gaza-raid-deepens-medics-say-2024-10-27/ (Reuters)]
:Twelve people are killed and 33 others are injured when a bus carrying students from [[Galala University]] overturns in [[Al Galala]], [[Suez Governorate]], [[Egypt]]. [https://apnews.com/article/egypt-bus-crash-suez-university-students-7b69d1972f90cd514d558c6d6c8a0ddf (AP)]
:Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a train collision in [[Minya Governorate]], [[Egypt]]. [https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/533394/Egypt/UPDATED-Two-killed,--injured-in-train-crash-in-Upp.aspx (''Al Ahram'')]
:The head of the [[Rapid Support Forces]], [[Hemedti]], accuses [[Egypt]] of being involved in [[airstrike]]s on the group's troops during the ongoing [[civil war]] in [[Sudan]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/head-sudans-rsf-accuses-egypt-being-involved-airstrikes-groups-troops-2024-10-09/ (Reuters)]
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Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
I have removed "{{Transclude selected current events | Egypt | days=100 |max=6}}" from the portal for the time being. It is significantly breaking the portal's layout when in place. North America100017:20, 4 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
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