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Boat capsizes in lake in Egypt; at least 5 dead
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Feb 22, 2021 at 5:41 pm EDT
CAIRO A boat capsized Monday in a lake near Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Alexandria, leaving at least five people dead, an official said.
Alexandria’s governor, Mohammed el-Sharif, said three others were rescued and taken to a hospital.
Rescue workers were still searching for others missing in Lake Mariut, he said in video comments at the scene.
He said most of the boats in the lake are working without licenses.
The state-run al-Ahram daily reported the boat was carrying at least 17 people, all from the same family.
2021-02-23 10:30:14 GMT2021-02-23 18:30:14(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CAIRO, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) A fishing boat capsized in a lake near Egypt s Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least eight people, including three children and two women, the state-run Ahram newspaper reported Tuesday.
Six others were injured and three remain missing, all of whom are from one family, said the report.
Alexandria s governor, Mohamed el-Sharif, said three people were rescued and taken to hospital, adding that rescue workers were still searching for the missing in Lake Mariut, located west of Alexandria.
Most of the boats on the lake work without licenses, and the capsized one was small and overcrowded, said the governor. Enditem
Origin
Archaeologists excavating a well-known burial site believed to be the final resting place of Cleopatra discovered a number of mummies dating back an estimated 2,000 years, some of which had golden tongues placed within their mouths.
Kathleen Martinez, of the University of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, reported that her team discovered 16 burial shafts at the Taposiris Magna Temple in western Alexandria. The find was shared in a Facebook post dated Jan. 29, 2021, and in a statement made by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
Taposiris Magna is an ancient town located on Lake Mariut in Egypt with a temple whose name implies that it was a tomb of Osiris, the Egyptian god of fertility and the afterlife. This nearly 100-foot-tall landmark has been theorized to be the final resting place of Queen Cleopatra, the Greek famed for her beauty who reigned over Egypt 2,000 years ago. Cleopatra was the last ruler of Egypt before it was annexed to Rome in 30 B.C., ac
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