Russia is buying back weapons it sold to other countries as its arsenal runs low

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Moscow has sought deals to buy back helicopter engines it previously sold to other countries.

A tumor with teeth was found in the pelvis of an ancient Egyptian woman, along with a ring to protect her from pain

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A picture shows ancient tissue with two teeth sticking out of it, next to a ruler placed for scale.
An ancient tumor was uncovered in an Egyptian burial site.

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Russia is trying to buy back weapons it sold other countries because it needs them in Ukraine: report

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A Ka-52
A Ka-52 attack helicopter during testing in Russia's Rostov region in January 2022.

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Mummified baboons found in Egypt have puzzled scientists for 118 years. Now we finally might know how they got there and why.

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The skull of a mummified baboon preserved and held by the British Museum
Specimen EA 6738, held by the British Museum: Skull of a mummified baboon recovered from Thebes, Egypt and connected isotopically to Eritrea/Ethiopia/Somalia.

Trustees of the British Museum

Egypt is trying to make Cairo look like Dubai. It's taken 10 years and cost $58 billion.

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A man looks at graves demolished to make way for a new highway in Cairo, in 2020.
A man looks at graves demolished to make way for a new highway in Cairo, in 2020.

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An ancient Egyptian book of spells to guide the dead in the afterlife was found buried with mummies

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A picture shows the inside of a sarcophagus, in which is placed an ancient Egyptian mummy in good state of conservation , under an ornate cartonnage and a mask representing the deceased's face.
An photo of a mummy found at the Tuna al-Gebel site, presented at a press conference on October 15.

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

50 years after another devastating surprise attack, Israel is facing a different kind of war that will be tougher to fight

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to soldiers near the Gaza border on October 19.

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Why Jordan and Egypt are saying 'no' to accepting Palestinian refugees from Gaza

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The media set up ahead of a press conference by the UN Secretary-General on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing on the border with the Gaza Strp on October 20, 2023.
The media set up ahead of a press conference by the UN Secretary-General on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing on the border with the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2023.

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Rafah border crossing point between Gaza and Egypt has opened, allowing first aid trucks to enter the besieged strip

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UN workers gesture as trucks carrying aid arrive at the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, October 21, 2023.
Aid arrives at the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, October 21, 2023.

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An opulent ancient Egyptian tomb containing 5,000-year-old wine may have belonged to a long-forgotten female pharaoh

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Side-by-side images show vistas from the tomb. On the left, a picture shows the ruins of an ancient tomb buried in a sandy landscape. The tomb's walls draw two concentric squares in the ground. On the right, ancient wine jars are seen half buried in the sand between narrow rectangular walls.
Side-by-side images show the tomb complex of Meret-Neith in Abydos, next to a picture of 5,000-year-old wine jars found in the grave.
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