Sen. Bob Menendez Googled 'how much is one kilo of gold worth' around the time his wife accepted alleged bribes, indictment says

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Prosecutors allege Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, and his wife accepted gold bars as part of a bribery scheme.

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Sunken ancient temples were found in a mysterious underwater city, with Egyptian and Greek treasures

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Images show Grecian artefacts buried in mud underwater on the left, and gold Egyptian artefacts on the right.
Side-by-side images show ancient artifact found in the mud in the Thonis-Heracleion site in the Aboukir Bay in Egypt.

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I stayed in an $83-per-night viral Airbnb overlooking the Great Pyramid of Giza. The tub that hooked me on Instagram was odd, but the view made it worth it.

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Libryia Jones stayed in a viral Airbnb overlooking the pyramids when she visited Cairo and Giza, Egypt.

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Egyptian scientists discovered a diminutive 41-million year old whale and named it after King Tut

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A bottlenose dolphin pictured in the Moray Firth, Scotland.
A bottlenose dolphin pictured in the Moray Firth, Scotland.

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Could the curse of Tutankhamun’s tomb be caused by fungi?

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The gold funerary mask mask of King Tutankhamun on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
The gold funerary mask of King Tutankhamun is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

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The US had a plan in the 1960s to blast an alternative Suez Canal through Israel using 520 nuclear bombs

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An annotated map of Egypt and Israel shows the placement of the existing Suez Canal and an approximation of plans for a canal through Israel that the US considered in the 1960s.

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9 things you think you know about ancient Egyptians that are actually wrong

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A close up of King Tutankhamun's golden mask.
A close up of King Tutankhamun's golden mask at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo after its restoration on December 16, 2015.

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Cleopatra wasn't a Black woman, Egypt tells Netflix in a feud over new drama-documentary

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The Netflix series "African Queens: Queen Cleopatra" streams in May 2023.

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Leaked intelligence document shows that Egypt, a longtime US ally, secretly planned to provide Russia with 40,000 rockets and gunpowder: report

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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (front R) talks to Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front L) during a welcoming ceremony upon Putin's arrival at Cairo International Airport February 9, 2015.

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Ancient Egyptian zodiac symbols were found in a temple after archaeologists cleared away 2,000 years' worth of grime

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A photomontage shows paintings of a Egyptian sagitarius, a half-horse/half human creature that has wings, surrounded by paintings of constellations. A picture next to it shows a stylised painting of a scorpio surrounded by paintings of stars.
These two ancient Egyptian zodiac signs were uncovered in the Temple of Esna, Egypt.
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