‘This is a massacre’:Basic humanity needs to be restored in Gaza

‘This is a massacre’:Basic humanity needs to be restored in Gaza

Nothing justifies such a shocking attack on patients,healthcare workers and people seeking shelter in the hospital. This bloodshed must stop now.

  • byJennifer Tierney

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Families camp at border fearing airstrikes as 45 Australians remain trapped in Gaza

Families camp at border fearing airstrikes as 45 Australians remain trapped in Gaza

An Australian family trying to flee Gaza has followed the government’s instructions. Now they are camped at the Egypt border awaiting answers.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andJordan Baker
Israel to form emergency government,war cabinet as Gaza loses power

Israel to form emergency government,war cabinet as Gaza loses power

The move comes as Israel prepares for a ground offensive in Gaza that would push casualty numbers high on both sides of its war with Hamas.

  • byMatthew Knott andLucy Cormack
‘Tutankhamun is nothing’:How a great king was usurped by a teenager

‘Tutankhamun is nothing’:How a great king was usurped by a teenager

A blockbuster exhibition at the Australian Museum highlights Ramses II,Ancient Egypt’s unrivalled builder,warrior and begetter of children.

  • byJordan Baker
Archaeologists discover biggest ever Egyptian mummification workshop

Archaeologists discover biggest ever Egyptian mummification workshop

The workshop,which dates from the 30th Dynasty and the early Ptolemaic era (4th century BC),was found near the oldest stone pyramid,Djoser’s Step.

  • byMagdy Samaan
Six of the best historic hotels in Egypt

Six of the best historic hotels in Egypt

From lamp-lit rooms with views once enjoyed by Alexander the Great to a Churchill favourite,these hotels have atmosphere in spades.

  • byBelinda Jackson
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Cairo tour food takes you beyond kebabs and falafel

Cairo tour food takes you beyond kebabs and falafel

The pre-tour notes advised me to skip lunch (and probably breakfast),and to wear good walking shoes.

  • byBelinda Jackson
Sphinx-like statue of Roman emperor unearthed in Egyptian temple

Sphinx-like statue of Roman emperor unearthed in Egyptian temple

Archaeologists also found a Roman-era stone slab with demotic and hieroglyphic inscriptions.

‘What’s behind these stones?’ Egypt unveils newly discovered chamber inside Great Pyramid

‘What’s behind these stones?’ Egypt unveils newly discovered chamber inside Great Pyramid

Archaeologists do not know what the function was of the chamber,which is not accessible from the outside.

  • byMohamed Wagdy
Countries in talks to bring ‘brotherly Syria’ back to Arab world

Countries in talks to bring ‘brotherly Syria’ back to Arab world

Senior representatives from nine countries,as well as Palestinian representatives,are visiting Damascus looking to end the decade-long isolation of Bashar al-Assad.

  • byKareem Chehayeb
Archaeologists hail Hekashepes,oldest and ‘most complete’ mummy yet found

Archaeologists hail Hekashepes,oldest and ‘most complete’ mummy yet found

The mummy was found in a limestone sarcophagus sealed in mortar some 4300 years ago.

  • byPatrick Werr