#Continued Suez Canal problems costs  billion a day

#Continued Suez Canal problems costs $10 billion a day

“#Continued Suez Canal problems costs $10 billion a day” A massive container ship remains stuck in the Suez Canal for a sixth day on Sunday — hiking the estimated economic damage from the resulting shipping logjam to $60 billion. The crisis is causing commercial losses of about $9.6 billion a day as ships that should…

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#Giant container ship blocking Suez Canal partially moved

#Giant container ship blocking Suez Canal partially moved

“#Giant container ship blocking Suez Canal partially moved” Crews have managed to partially free the container ship that caused a massive traffic jam on the Suez Canal. The 440 million-pound Ever Given has been “partially refloated” after high winds and a dust storm turned it sideways and blocked the crucial trade route between Europe and…

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#Oldest known mummification how-to guide reveals gruesome embalming details

#Oldest known mummification how-to guide reveals gruesome embalming details

“#Oldest known mummification how-to guide reveals gruesome embalming details” An ancient Egyptian papyrus version of “Mummification for Dummies” has been revealed by a Danish Egyptologist as the oldest how-to guide yet found. The detailed instructions on the circa 3,500-year-old item adds details to the only two other guides known — and predates them by more than 1,000 years. The papyrus…

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#Egyptian 12-year-old teaches neighbors during school closure

#Egyptian 12-year-old teaches neighbors during school closure

“#Egyptian 12-year-old teaches neighbors during school closure” ATMIDAH, Egypt – Every day up to 30 children gather for school lessons in a narrow village street in Egypt’s northern Dakahlia province. Their teacher is 12-year-old Reem El-Khouly, who started offering instruction to her younger neighbors in Atmidah, about 50 miles northeast of Cairo, when schools across…

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#Archaeologists in Egypt uncover 2,000-year-old mummy with gold tongue

#Archaeologists in Egypt uncover 2,000-year-old mummy with gold tongue

“#Archaeologists in Egypt uncover 2,000-year-old mummy with gold tongue” A 2,000-year-old, gold-tongued mummy has been uncovered amid a dig in northern Egypt, according to reports. The mummy was among 16 burials uncovered in poorly preserved rock-cut tombs at the temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria, and is an example of burial practices during the country’s Greco-Roman period, the Daily…

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