A joint Egyptian-US archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a huge statue of King Ramses II during excavations south of the Egyptian city of Minya, Egypt's tourism and antiquities ministry said on Monday. A section of a limestone statue of Ramses II unearthed by an Egyptian-US archaeological mission in El Ashmunein, South of the Egyptian city of Minya, …
At least 22 people were killed and 33 injured in a car crash on July 19 near Egypt's southern province of Minya, authorities said. The crash took place in the early morning when a passenger bus hit a stopped trailer truck on a highway linking the capital of Cairo to the country's south, local authorities in Minya said in a …
In western Sichuan province, there is a tapestry of majestic mountains. The Indian subcontinent and the Eurasian continent collide here, forming a magnificent mountainous region. It is one of the most diverse natural landscapes on the planet — and that diversity extends to culture and biology. The highest peak of the Hengduan Mountains, the Minya Konka, is on the top …
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