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U.S. military troops will receive playing cards telling them to be respectful of cultural and archaeological sites when they go to Egypt this fall for the Bright Star desert-warfare exercise.

More than 10,000 decks of the cards have been produced. Each card will have a picture of King Tut on one side and a picture of an Egyptian site on the other. The five of hearts, for example, has a picture of the temple of Abu Simbel and says: “Protecting archaeological sites helps preserve them for future generations.”

Los Angeles Times

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Tags: Archaeological site, Military of the United States, Playing card

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