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Archive for March 1st, 2010

• Stolen artifacts returned by Saudi Arabia

  “Saudi Arabia handed over three valuable artifacts that were intercepted at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh to their rightful owners in Egypt.”

• Lost civilization head. . . .found

  “Archaeologists have unearthed the massive head of one Egypt’s most famous pharoahs who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced Sunday”

• Iraq's Maliki sees coalition with Shi'ite rivals

  An update on current political affairs in Iraq with the election looming.

From the BBC: “A colossal red granite head of one of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs has been unearthed in the southern city of Luxor, officials said.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/8542337.stm