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Let Opera Siam take you to the underworld

Every culture, in its oldest stories, sends someone into the dark for love. The Greeks had Orpheus and his lyre; the Egyptians had Isis; the Sanskrit tradition gave us Savitri, who followed the god of death himself.

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The long way home

Every culture, in its oldest stories, sends someone into the dark for love. The Greeks had Orpheus, who descended through Tartarus armed with nothing but a lyre. The Egyptians had Isis, gathering up the scattered pieces of her murdered Osiris. The Sanskrit tradition gave us Savitri, who followed the god…

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Women Are the Creators of This Earth, and Men Are Simply Their Creations

For six thousand years, men have written the myths. They put a male god in the sky, gave him a beard, and had him fashion the first woman from a spare rib, as if the womb could be retrofitted from a bone. It is the most audacious lie in human…

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7 People Who Were Said To Return From The Dead Before Jesus

For thousands of years, people across different civilizations have told stories about someone who crossed the line between life and death and somehow returned. Long before Jesus, ancient cultures already had myths about gods, heroes, and sacred figures who were believed to come back after dying or disappearing. These stories…

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We discovered an ancient ‘party boat’ in the waters of Alexandria – here’s what might have happened on board

Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria’s eastern harbour, on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, lie the drowned remnants of a once-splendid city – ports, palaces and temples swallowed by the sea. Submerged by earthquakes and a rising sea level, these lost monuments have become the focus of survey and excavations by the…

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2,000-year-old shipwreck may be Egyptian 'pleasure barge' from last dynasty of pharaohs

Archaeologists diving off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, have discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old "pleasure barge" from the time of the Ptolemaic period.

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‘I wanted to be one of them’: why Bring It On is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their most loved comfort films is an ode to the 2000 teen classic

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Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast

First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC

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Police appeal to find missing 14-year-old girl last seen in Stratford

Police fear the teenager may have travelled outside of London

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'Cleopatra's Final Secret' documentary reveals hundreds of coins and port found in Egypt. But does that mean Cleopatra was buried there?

Hundreds of coins that depict Cleopatra VII have been discovered in an Egyptian temple. The archaeologist who led the team believes the female pharaoh's tomb is nearby.

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From lethal sex to gore-soaked dinners: Downton Abbey’s best and worst bits

Soap-based injuries, bleak festive deaths, Hugh Bonneville vomiting blood: we look back on 15 years of highs and lows as the frothy period drama comes to an end with its final spin-off film

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8 Baby Names That Were Recently Flagged by Hospitals for Cultural Sensitivity

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The Bashiri mystery: A 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy that no archaeologist dares to open

A mysterious mummy called “Bashiri” has captivated the minds of Egyptologists for more than a century, but no scholar has ever unearthed it.

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Kurdish-Led Fighters Move Into Eastern Syria Amid Escalating Conflict

Kurdish-led fighters in Syria face threats to their autonomy from opposition insurgents, prompting security measures in the region.

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Egyptian archaeologists uncover dozens of rare untouched burials with 2,500-year-old gold treasures

Researchers found gold foil and figurines representing ancient Egyptian deities Isis, Bastet, and Horus

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Archaeologists Uncover Mysterious Tunnel Beneath Ancient Temple Ruins

Discoveries of a remarkable tunnel beneath an ancient temple in Taposiris Magna spark intrigue about its purpose and potential ties to Cleopatra's tomb.

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Archaeologists discover impressive ancient tunnel underneath temple in Taposiris Magna

Archaeologists uncover a remarkable tunnel beneath an ancient temple in Taposiris Magna, Egypt. Its purpose remains unknown, but it may lead to the lost to...

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Archaeologists uncover ancient tunnel beneath Taposiris Magna temple ruins

Archaeologists uncover a mysterious tunnel beneath the ancient city of Taposiris Magna, raising questions about its purpose and potential connection to Cle...

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Archaeologists discover ancient tunnel in Taposiris Magna temple ruins

Discover the geometric miracle tunnel unearthed in the ancient city of Taposiris Magna. Believed to lead to Cleopatra's tomb, this mysterious structure hol...

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Archaeologists discover impressive ancient tunnel beneath Egyptian temple ruins

Archaeologists uncover a remarkable tunnel beneath a temple in Taposiris Magna, Egypt. Its purpose remains unknown, raising speculation about the potential...

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20 metal bands with no bad albums

From Tool to Cave In and Mastodon, these metal masters all boast spotless back-catalogues

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Top 10 baby names predictions for 2024 inspired by feminists - but we're disappointed to see our favourite hasn't made the cut...

Prepare for your new arrival with our round up of top baby names for 2024

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Scottish boy digging for potatoes found 'masterpiece of Egyptian sculpture' on his school grounds. How did it end up there?

Archaeologists in Scotland may have finally solved the mystery of how ancient Egyptian artifacts that were unearthed in school grounds between 1952 and 1984 became buried there.

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British Museum releases images in bid to recover missing items

Museum says 60 items have been returned to date and 300 are due to be returned soon

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Did the ancient Egyptians really marry their siblings and children?

Ramesses II married his daughter and Cleopatra VII married her brother, but how common was marriage within royal and commoner families?

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