The ancient Roman alternative to daylight saving time; An hour was not a consistent unit of time. In the summer it could be as long as 75 minutes and in the winter it sometimes lasted just 45 minutes.
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Thutmose II: First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's
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Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort
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Hydrogen-powered skyscraper set for Egypt’s new capital outside Cairo
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More than 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C
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Ahmes, the first known maths author
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Ramses II’s long-lost sarcophagus has finally been identified
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Why were Ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?
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A discovery among the mummies reveals a sick, sad truth. Parasitic worms plagued these ancient Egyptian Pharaohs.
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Millennium trader scored $40 million windfall in Egypt FX plunge
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Egyptians are buying and selling gold just to stay afloat
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Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts
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Egyptian fractions and the greedy algorithm
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Five oldest descriptions of the Pyramids
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Ancient Beat - A weekly newsletter about developments in the study of the ancient world
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2,400-year-old baskets still filled with fruit found in submerged Egyptian city
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The death of Antony & Cleopatra (30 BCE)
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Cosmic rays reveal 'hidden' thirty-foot-long corridor in Egypt's Great Pyramid
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How Egyptian police hunt LGBT people on dating apps
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Intact ancient papyrus scroll uncovered in Saqqara, the first in a century
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The real reason Egypt is moving its capital away from Cairo
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Ancient Egyptian tiger nut cake
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The Roman invasion of Nubia (24 BC) | Forgotten Wars
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The untold story of the big boat that broke the world
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Stranded sailor allowed to leave abandoned ship after four years
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Massive container ship stuck in Suez Canal, blocking world's busiest shipping route
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Meet some of the last papyrus makers in Egypt keeping a 5,000-year-old craft alive | Still Standing
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I like that the boat is stuck
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Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian author and women’s rights icon, dies
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Ancient Egyptian brewery is the oldest ever found
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Environmental change may have played a role at the dawn of Egyptian history
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“Dig Us”: 60 Years of Louis Armstrong at the Sphinx
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Preserving Egypt’s layered history reveals 'stories of the restoration of diverse locations around Egypt'
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Egypt: Security forces abuse, torture LGBT people
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The Dwarfs Of East Agouza - The Green Dogs Of Dahsur (2020)
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Egypt thought it dodged the worst of the pandemic. But now hospitals are being overwhelmed
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Archaeologists discover paintings of goddess in 3,000-year-old mummy's coffin
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Russian and Egyptian multiplication
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Visualizing disinformation networks on Twitter: Watch six decade-long disinformation operations unfold in six minutes
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Scientists synthesize the voice of 3000 year old mummy
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Funk the Casbah! An Arab Funk Mix // Yas Queen Selectress • A selection of rare 60s, 70s and 80s songs from Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, and Algeria.
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4,000-year-old mummies showed early signs of heart disease
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A conversation with the team that made bread with 4500-year-old yeast from ancient Egyptian pottery
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I am a Jewish Arab
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Will damming this river lead to war?
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The Pyramids of Giza - Chapter 1: The charlatan and the gossip
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Untouched 4,400-year-old tomb discovered at Saqqara, Egypt
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Cleopatra and the Siege of Alexandria (48 to 47 B.C.E.)
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Abdel-Halim Hafez - رسالة من تحت الماء (A Letter From Under The Sea) (1973)
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Ancient Egypt: Cheese discovered in 3,200-year-old tomb
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