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New sites and artifacts are found all the time, revealing forgotten secrets of the past. Learn more about some recent discoveries: In Egypt, a massive stone block weighing about 40,000 pounds was ...

Despite buying from the local market and paying local suppliers in Egyptian pounds, two traders told Reuters that Mostakbal ...