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Restoration work at Karnak, an ancient temple complex near Luxor, Egypt, has revealed a sandstone monument featuring an intriguing image of the Roman emperor Tiberius, who ruled between 14 and 37 C.E.

A 2,600-year-old Egyptian scarab amulet has been unearthed inside a pre-Roman tomb in Spain, thousands of miles from where it ...

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