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Depictions of Tutankhamun's wife Ankhesenamun influenced 20th century films, claims Egyptologist

EXCLUSIVE: Tarek el-Awady, 55, the curator of the Tutankhamun: exhibition at London's Saatchi Gallery said that modern depictions of Cleopatra resemble Ankhesenamun.




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Veteran, 83, who met Prince Harry and Meghan Markle jokes they 'singled me out because I'm handsome'

Monty Murrell, 83, from Basildon, who joined the army in 1954 before serving for seven years, was one of the many veterans who joined the Remembrance ceremony attended by the royals.




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A right earful! Stomach-churning moment man removes a massive lump of wax from his son's ear 

A father removed a massive lump of ear wax from his son's ear while on holiday in Hurghada, Egypt. He soaked his son's ear in baby oil and then resorted to using a pin.




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From visiting Europe after Brexit to obtaining a visa for Egypt, the Holiday Guru solves queries

The Holiday Guru is always on call to answer your questions. This week how to see The Goldfinch painting in the Netherlands and a query about a city guide to Dubrovnik are on the agenda...




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Family on £3,465 dream Egyptian holiday are shocked to find their hotel doesn't exist

Mark Mould, 33, booked the £3,465 two-week break to the Crystal Beach Aqua Park and Hotel with family and friends through the travel company loveholidays.




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Liverpool sweat over fitness of Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson

Liverpool are sweating over the fitness of star man Mohamed Salah y for their game against Crystal Palace as the forward pulls out of the Egypt squad with an aggravated ankle injury.




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Passenger jet catches fire moments after landing

The SkyUp Boeing 737-800 had flew into Sharm El Sheikh airport in Egypt from Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine when emergency services raced to the aircraft which burst into flames.




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Egyptian activist is arrested at her home for 'spreading false news'

Radwa Mohamed (pictured) was detained at her home on Wednesday night and accused of spreading false news, officials in Egypt said.




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Mohamed Salah receives ankle treatment while on Egypt duty ahead of Liverpool vs Crystal Palace

Mohamed Salah has stepped up his bid to be fit in time for the return of the Premier League, after a re-occurrence of his troublesome ankle injury.




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Jurgen Klopp faces nervous wait on Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson are fit for Crystal Palace trip

Virgil van Dijk is available for Liverpool's trip to Crystal Palace on Saturday but Jurgen Klopp faces a nervous wait over Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson.




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Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities reveals stunning newly-discovered horde of animal mummies

Five mummified lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds, a mongoose and cats have been discovered in Egypt, the only discovery of a mummified lion since the first in 2004.




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Sadio Mane insists tiredness is not a factor for Liverpool as Reds bid for glory on all fronts

Sadio Mane believes he and his Liverpool teammates Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino are not feeling the effects despite racking up a significant number of games since 2017.




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Never-before-seen pictures rescued from a tip show true hell of 1915 Gallipoli campaign

The fascinating photo album had been dumped at a refuse tip and would have been destroyed. It has since been consigned for auction with C&T Auctions, of Ashford, Kent.




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Klopp heaps praise on Salah's mental toughness in Salzburg win

DOMINIC KING AT THE RED BULL ARENA: Jurgen Klopp hailed Mohamed Salah's mental resilience after his superb goal sent Liverpool surging into the Champions League's last 16.




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Remains show a 'missing link' from foot to tail-powered whales

The newly discovered species of whale was found as a 'near intact' skeleton in the Wadi Al Hitan World Heritage Site in the Western Desert of Egypt in 2007.




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Alicia Keys discusses the rewards of motherhood and her 'chill' plans for holidays 'safe at home'

The 38-year-old Grammy winner has two sons with husband




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Sharm El-Sheikh offers superb diving - and with direct flights from next week it is back in business

After four years of negotiations and a huge investment in security, Sharm El-Sheikh airport is preparing for direct flights from the UK. Mark Jones went and found some amazing bargains.




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Liverpool star Sadio Mane forced to MISS own party in Senegal after private plane issues

Sadio Mane was forced to miss his own party to celebrate winning the African Footballer of the Year award after his plane failed to get permission to fly over Tunisia enroute to Senegal.




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American citizen held in Egypt prison for SIX YEARS dies after going on hunger strike

American citizen Moustafa Kassem, 54, who has been imprisoned in Egypt for the last six years, passed away due to a heart failure from his hunger strike on Monday.




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Kingvitaly jailed in Egypt after climbing a pyramid asking for donations for Australia's bushfires

Russian-American Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, who goes by username Kingvitaly, spent five days in jail after being arrested for climbing one of the pyramids in Giza.




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'Superdad' leaps onto tracks and shields his daughter as train passes over them

The shocking footage shows him protecting her from a thundering train passing by after she tripped on to the tracks. The incident happened at Ismailia station, in north-eastern Egypt.




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Egypt builds world's largest block of flats: £420million mega structure designed by Mohamed Hadid

The gigantic Skyline building is set to be built on the outskirts of the capital Cairo and will have its own shopping mall, restaurants, cinema, ski slope and the world's biggest infinity pool.




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Mohamed Salah faces fresh row with Egypt FA over Olympics selection

Egypt have confirmed their plans to name Liverpool star Mohamed Salah in their squad for this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo, risking the wrath of Reds manager Jurgen Klopp.




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Jurgen Klopp suggests Mohamed Salah COULD play for Egypt in Tokyo

Jurgen Klopp has called for more information before making a final decision on whether he will allow Mohamed Salah to play for Egypt at Tokyo 2020 this summer.




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Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak dies aged 91, state TV announces

The former president's failing health had been detailed on social media by his son Alaa in recent days. Only friends and family will be permitted at his funeral, state media has said.




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Egypt buries ousted president Hosni Mubarak with military honours

A funeral for Hosni Mubarack, the former dictator who ruled Egypt for three decades before being ousted in Arab Spring protests in 2011, took place in Cairo on Wednesday.




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Moses whips up a storm: PATRICK MARMION reviews The Prince of Egypt 

PATRICK MARMION: With monumental staging evoking the Valley of the Kings, and seismic set-piece belters, this story of Moses and Egyptian pharaoh Ramses has hyperbole with G-force.




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The Prince Of Egypt review: As musical theatre, this gives banality a bad name

Half a century ago Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz had a hit with Godspell . Then, in 1991, he begat an Old Testament stinker called Children Of Eden .




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Britain's oldest poppy seller has died aged 104 after raising money for the Royal British Legion

Britain's oldest poppy seller Walter Randall has died at the age of 104 after spending nearly 55 years selling poppies for the Royal British Legion. He was known as Wally in Leighton Buzzard.




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Coronavirus spreads to Greek island of Lesbos

Greek authorities have expressed concern over the possibility of the virus spreading on islands such as Lesbos, where thousands of migrants are crammed in overcrowded camps or living rough.




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Detectives call on billionaire tycoon's fugitive son wanted for murder to return to UK

Martine Vik Magnussen was killed in 2008. She was last seen with Farouk Abdulhak. By time Miss Vik Magnussen's remains were found Abdulhak had fled to Yemen.




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Gaza Strip confirms its first cases of Covid-19

The Gaza Strip, an enclave bordering Israel which has 5,154 people per km, reported two cases of Covid-19 today. The two patients, both Gazans, had travelled to Pakistan before returning.




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Pictures offer a rare glimpse into everyday life for Australian soldiers during World War 1

These pictures include soldiers playing with kangaroos in Egypt, a Kiwi soldier writing graffiti on the side of a shed, and a large band playing music while walking through destroyed streets.




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Egyptian Instagram influencer is arrested for 'inciting debauchery'

TikTok and Instagram influencer Haneen Hossam was reportedly arrested on the morning of April 21 after her online video sparked outrage in Egypt.




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Mo Salah 2018 World Cup performances suffered after row over image rights, says Egypt official

Mo Salah's off colour performances for Egypt at the 2018 World Cup were down to his dispute with the country's FA over his image rights, according to a former official. 




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Kate nails it! ALEXANDRA SHULMAN says the Duchess of Cambridge's royal tour of Pakistan was triumph

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Last week's tour of Pakistan has been widely acknowledged as a triumph for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It's the tour where they came of age.




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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: No, all CAN'T have prizes... even in the woke world of art

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Four shortlisted artists were asked to share the £40,000 Turner Prize instead of having one winner. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo shared Booker Prize.




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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: Why do we never celebrate women with normal bodies? 

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The American singer-songwriter Lizzo (pictured) stormed the Brit Awards, massive in her leather corset and again heralded as a torch-bearer for body positivity.




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Alexandra Shulman's Notebook: Boris proves that being bouncy is bad for you! 

The shattering news that Boris had been admitted to intensive care will be remembered as one of the defining moments of the coronavirus outbreak, ALEXANDRA SHULMAN writes.




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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN describes how coronavirus has turned the idea of celebrity upside down 

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Covid-19 is so powerful that it is tearing up life as we have previously known it. It is everywhere around us, dominating everything- yet we can't see it.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Camilla's virtues have won me over finally

Devoted to good causes, a loving father and grandfather, Charles had shed the angst that once seemed to bedevil him and was clearly determined to make his time as king-in-waiting worthwhile.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Yes! William is the new Prince of Meddling

Prince William is certainly a man of his word. In the TV documentary marking Prince Charles’s 70th birthday, Wills said he admired his father’s work but insisted that he wanted to do things his own way.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Fiona Bruce doesn't have the cunning to command the Question Time bear pit

As the presenter of the Antiques Roadshow, Fiona Bruce should be able to differentiate between a priceless chalice and a poisoned one. She has been offered the job of presenting Question Time.




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AMANDA PLATELL: Why Brangelina's reconciliation shows the real risk of easy divorces 

AMANDA PLATELL: Yes, Brangelina are a silly Hollywood couple - they split in hysterical haste after Jolie accused Pitt of drunkenly yelling at their son Maddox aboard their private jet.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: The pledge that proves Prince William is the true carrier of Diana's flame 

This week her first child, Prince William, proved himself to be a true carrier of his mother's torch in the way he demonstrated his support for the gay community.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Naomi Campbell's knife crime lesson about her uncle's tragic fate is inspiring

AMANDA PLATELL: Naomi Campbell delivered a message of hope to inner-city secondary school children living in an area blighted by gang violence, near where she herself grew up.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Girls doing stand up comedy teaches them how to stand up to men

AMANDA PLATELL: Headmistress Nina Gunson (pictured above) is encouraging her pupils to learn comedy, offering them an eight-week course of stand-up classes




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Carrie Underwood discusses suffering three miscarriages before son Jacob's birth

Carrie Underwood has spoken of the trauma of suffering three miscarriages before her son Jacob's birth, saying she would 'put on a happy face then go home and fall apart.'




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Former American Idol contestant faces up to ten years after pleading guilty to drug charges

Antonella Barba, 32, faces a minimum of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to charge that she tried to deliver almost two pounds of Fentanyl to a stash house in New Jersey.




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Carrie Underwood surprises the 'incredible' kids of Andrew Jackson Elementary School Eagle Choir

The unsuspecting third and fourth graders had been rehearsing their rendition of the 36-year-old country crooner's hit The Champion at Nissan Stadium in Nashville