More than 100 painted wooden coffins, many with bodies, were found in the necropolis of Saqqara, officials said. After several recent finds at the site, it’s the largest discovery there this year.
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After a 7-Month Wait, This Tourist Got Machu Picchu All to Himself
Jesse Katayama, a Japanese tourist, didn’t let Peru’s pandemic lockdown keep him from completing the journey of a lifetime.
‘Call Me a Dreamer’: A Shattered Beirut Neighborhood Rebuilds
Many worry that a full recovery won’t be possible, but residents of one of Beirut’s most diverse and cosmopolitan areas are moving back in and trying to repair the damage from the August explosion.
This Carousel Has Had Quite a Ride. Will Anyone in Japan Save It?
The 113-year-old merry-go-round, which arrived in Tokyo after stints in Germany and Coney Island, is now in storage, its fate uncertain in a country that tends to preserve only the very old.
Vivid Street Scenes From Salvador, Brazil
After living for nearly half a decade in the capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia, a photographer offers an intimate look at a city where the act of celebration is indelibly ingrained.
Quiet Reflections on the Enchanting Italian Village of Panicale
Pensive after the loss of a friend, a photographer finds solace — and instruction — on a trip to the central Italian region of Umbria.
Eusebio Leal Spengler, Who Restored Old Havana, Dies at 77
His decades-long effort to preserve a capital’s colonial buildings turned a former slum into a tourist destination and capitalist success story.
Should Montreal Subway Honor Polarizing Priest or Jazz Genius?
A fight to rename a metro stop pits those who want to celebrate a revered Black musician against those who want to retain the name of a priest who espoused equal rights for Francophone Quebecers — and also anti-Semitism.
Volunteer Confesses to Starting Fire at Nantes Cathedral
French prosecutors have charged the man, a Rwandan refugee, with arson. He had been questioned and released earlier in the investigation.
Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Reopens as a Mosque
The Muslim faithful celebrated the decision by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, even as it generated dismay among Christians and architectural conservators.