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France will return stolen Luxor tomb paintings to Egypt

By Ben Morales-Correa

France decided Friday to return to Egypt five relics stolen from Luxor’s Valley of the Kings and sold to the Louvre, two days after Cairo severed ties with the Paris museum in protest. A special commission of the French museums agency decided unanimously to restitute the five painted wall fragments after ruling that they were... »

The Lost Tombs of Thebes: Ancient Egypt: Life in Paradise

By Ben Morales-Correa

by Zahi Hawass (Author), Sandro Vannini (Photographer) The foothills of the Theban massif, not far from Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, are filled with hundreds of impressive tombs from the New Kingdom belonging to the people who served the pharaohs. Just a handful are open to the public; many others are closed and can... »