French Egyptologists Defend Pyramid Theory
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A pair of French Egyptologists who suspect they have found a previously unknown chamber in the Great Pyramid urged Egypt's antiquities chief to reconsider letting them test their theory by drilling new holes in the 4,600-year-old structure.
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The director of the movie "Titanic"  presented on Monday what he said was evidence the tomb of Jesus  had been uncovered but scholars greeted the assertion with  skepticism, some dismissing it as a publicity stunt.
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The leaders of France and Romania on Wednesday defended their decision not to invite Lebanese President Emile Lahoud to a summit of French-speaking countries here.Comment
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France is to hand over to Egypt a lock of hair said to belong to the mummy of Ramses II that was put on sale on the Internet last year, French officials said Monday.
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David Hockney's controversial theory that early Renaissance painters used cameralike devices has been challenged by researchers using digital techniques.
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It seems that not since Napoleon has France experienced such a cult of the personality.
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An American researcher claimed Sunday to have discovered the remains of the legendary lost city of Atlantis on the bottom of the east Mediterranean Sea, but Cyprus' chief government archaeologist was skeptical.
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Months after Egypt boldly announced that archaeologists had identified a 3,500-year-old corpse as female pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, scientists are still analyzing the DNA to try to back up the claim aired on TV.
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The French government has said the judiciary was working to shed light on the attempted sale by a Frenchman of hair believed to belong to the mummy of Ramses II.
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Egypt might copyright its pharaonic antiquities, from the pyramids to scarab beetles, in an attempt to get paid from the sale of replicas, an official said Thursday.
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Filmmakers and scholars on Monday unveiled two stone ossuaries they said could have contained the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but several other scholars derided claims in a new documentary as unfounded and contradictory to basic Christian beliefs.
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French President Jacques Chirac's critics allege he is trying to get his former legal adviser into a key post to escape being tried on corruption charges.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is at odds with his foreign minister over whether the country's international television news channel should ditch English and Arabic, and broadcast only in French.
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Historians of the Stone Age fear that they will have to rip up their theories about Neanderthal Man after doubt has been cast on the carbon dating of skeletons by a leading German anthropologist.
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Experts on Islamic militant groups are skeptical about a Web posting demanding $5 million in ransom for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, France's prime minister said Monday.
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Archaeologists and other experts are refuting filmmakers' assertions that burial boxes from the 1st century held the remains of Jesus and his family.
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An Arab intellectual has accused the United States and Egypt of keeping the United Nations from publishing a survey of the Arab world because it criticizes the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the state of democracy in Egypt.