Word: egypt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, fifth Earl of Carnarvon, 56, at Cairo, Egypt, of blood poisoning and pneumonia...
According to Dr. Morton Howell, American Minister to Egypt, the Egyptian Government will not promulgate its new law prohibiting the exportation of antiquities discovered by foreigners...
Under the existing order of things the Government claims a half share of all discoveries made in its territory, the remaining half becoming the unconditional property of the finder. Discoverers at present excavating in Egypt have prevailed upon their respective governments to persuade Egypt to withhold the new law. He points out that neither the American nor the British public would subscribe funds for Egyptian excavations if all the antiquities discovered are to become the property of the Egyptian Government...
...drunk by each member of the family. A dish in the center of the table contains a piece of lamb, and, in some families, horseradish. The lamb is not eaten, but is a survival of the ancient and abandoned custom of blood sacrifice as it was first practiced in Egypt. The horseradish signifies the bitter experiences of the Jews in slavery. According to custom, the youngest son of the family asks the father the reason for this feast and the father replies by reading the account of the Passover in Exodus 12, and Psalms...
Fouad I, King_of Egypt: "I received the following cablegram: 'His Majesty 'Fouad I, 'King of Egypt, 'Cairo...