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CAIRO Nesma Nasr once stayed a week without water in her Cairo apartment, afraid to call a plumber because of the scrutiny from neighbors she feared a male visitor would provoke.
As a young woman living alone, she says she fears the kind of social control that became a talking point last month when a 35-year-old fell to her death from a balcony in Cairo after neighbors confronted her over suspected pre-marital relations.
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Egypt Unveils 3000-Year Old Coffins in New Discovery at Saqqara 23/01/2021
A coffin, part of a recent discovery from the Saqqara necropolis, is seen here at a site south of Cairo, January 17, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Hanaa Habib.
Cairo: Egypt has unveiled a significant new archaeological discovery at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, including 54 wooden coffins, many of which can be traced back 3,000 years to the New Kingdom period.
The funerary temple of Queen Neit was also discovered near the pyramid of her husband, King Teti of Egypt’s 6th dynasty which dates back 4200 years, said famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass, who headed the archaeological mission.
CAIRO Egypt has unveiled a significant new archaeological discovery at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, including 54 wooden coffins, many of which can…