The Ptolemaic temple in Sohag, Egypt. Source: Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities/University of Tübingen, Germany.   An Egyptian-German archaeological team recently excavated a well-preserved Ptolemaic temple pylon. The ancient entrance gate was discovered at the Athribis archaeological site just north of Cairo, Egypt.   Ptolemaic Temple Once Boasted 60-Foot Pylon Towers Source: Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities/University of Tübingen, Germany.   Archaeologists from Germany’s University of Tübingen collaborated with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism to excavate the Ptolemaic temple pylon, which dates back over two millennia. The pylon consists of two towers that flank a central entrance gate, presumably to a temple complex. It is about 167 feet wide and originally stood up to 60 feet tall. Researchers say the newly-discovered Ptolemaic temple pylon is comparable to that of Luxor Temple, one of the most famous ancient Egyptian temple complexes. The most recent excavations at the Athribis site have focused on the Ptolemaic temple pylon’s northern tower. Archaeologists are now shifting their focus towards the area behind the pylon, where they hope to discover more temple remains.   Hieroglyphs Point to King Ptolemy VIII Source: Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities/University of Tübingen, Germany.   Hieroglyphic inscriptions at the Ptolemaic temple reveal that King Ptolemy VIII, who ruled during the 2nd century BCE, was responsible for the decoration of the pylon. He also likely ordered its construction. Ptolemy VIII was the younger son of King Ptolemy V and Queen Cleopatra I. He was known for his political prowess and the military conflict he had with his older siblings, Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II.   The Ptolemaic period lasted from 305 to 30 BCE. It began when Alexander the Great appointed one of his generals, Ptolemy I, to rule over ancient Egypt. Alexander, a ruler of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, had conquered Persian-controlled Egypt in 332 BCE. Afterward, Greek and Egyptian cultures became more integrated, which is reflected in the remains of ancient art and architecture. The Ptolemaic dynasty went on to become the longest—and the last—dynasty of ancient Egypt before its incorporation into the Roman Republic.   What Is the Athribis Archaeological Site? Room F6 of the Great Temple of Athribis in Sohag, Egypt. Source: Wikipedia Commons.   Athribis, an ancient city in Lower Egypt, was most powerful during the Ptolemaic era, but it remained occupied through the Roman and Byzantine periods. The city was once an important hub for the worship of the god Min-Re, his wife, the lion-headed goddess Repyt, and their son, the child god Kolanthes. The archaeological site of Athribis is located near modern-day Sohag, Egypt. It is about 25 miles north of Cairo on the eastern bank of the Damietta branch of the Nile River. The site spans over 74 acres and includes a main temple complex, various settlements, necropolises, and ancient quarries. Archaeologists have periodically worked on Athribis since the 19th century—and consistently since 2003—but it has yet to be fully excavated.

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In a historic step toward the first-ever restoration of the tiger population to a nation where they were once extinct, two captive Siberian tigers have been translocated from Anna Paulowna Sanctuary, Netherlands, to the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve in Kazakhstan. This remarkable event is part of an ambitious program led by the Government of Kazakhstan with […] The post Ecologists Preparing to Return Tigers to Kazakhstan in World-First Tiger Reintroduction Effort appeared first on Good News Network.

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Courtrooms are arenas where facts meet interpretation, and justice hinges on the evidence presented. While most cases rely on standard proof like documents or DNA, some trials veer into the extraordinary. From animals seemingly speaking beyond the grave to digital footprints in unexpected places, these unusual pieces of evidence highlight the evolving nature of legal […] The post 10 Unbelievable Pieces of Evidence Used in Court Cases appeared first on Listverse.

Under President Joe Biden’s failed leadership, the United States has been in the throes of a four-year-long illegal immigrant crisis, during which an estimated more than 10 million people have entered the country. With immigration among the top issues in the 2024 campaign cycle, the American people are sending President-elect Donald Trump, who campaigned on a platform of mass deportations, back to Washington. The question now becomes how does the government actually go forward with deporting more than 10 million people, many of whom are deep in the interior of the country. I sat down with Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation, to discuss what a second Trump administration’s immigration agenda could look like on this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown.” Trump has the authority to secure the southern border on Day One through executive orders, Ries said. Under the Biden administration, border and immigration enforcement agents have been stuck behind their desks, unable to enforce the laws on the books. The results have been a disaster. “Right now we’re at 10.5 million inadmissible alien encounters by Customs and Border Protection, plus another more than 2 million known gotaways—and I say more than that, because that number is at least a year old.” “During the Biden Harris administration, over 525,000 unaccompanied children came to the U.S., in part because of a bad law that needs to be repealed and in part because [Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas said multiple times publicly, ‘if you come as an unaccompanied child, we will not turn you back,’” Ries explained. “The statute in place regarding unaccompanied children offers immigration benefits to unaccompanied children. So, of course, what are we going to get? And what have we gotten? More unaccompanied children. And the numbers have been so vast that Health and Human Services, which is responsible to provide shelter and find a sponsor for these children, has not been able to keep up,” Ries added. “HHS has lost track of hundreds of thousands of these kids, and we need to find them,” she said.  That starts with Trump “declaring a national emergency to deal with the border crisis,” on Day One, Ries said. To deliver on his promises, Trump has tapped Tom Homan as his “border czar.” Ries, a former colleague of Homan, said, “He’s a great pick.” “He has worked his way up through the ranks,” Ries said of Homan. “There’s nothing that he asks agents and officers to do that he himself hasn’t done. He started in the Border Patrol at the then-[Immigration and Naturalization Service]. He was the head of enforcement and removal operations at [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and worked his way up to be acting director of ICE.” “[Homan] knows how to prioritize the resources and to prioritize who needs to be identified, arrested first, in terms of national security threats,” Ries said. Ries believes there are five keys to closing the border and deporting more than 10 million people. “Illegal aliens want five things when they come here: They want to enter; they want to remain; they want to work here; they want to send money home; and they want to bring or have family here. And so if you prevent those five things, then they are either not going to come or go elsewhere,” she told me. “In terms of entry, we talked about ‘remain in Mexico,’ and the wall, and border agents, etc.,” Ries said.  “Stopping the ability to remain here,” she said, “includes immigration detention, but it also means not providing downstream benefits, whether that’s driver’s licenses or business licenses.”  As for preventing migrants from working, Ries said, policies such as E-Verify should be implemented. While preventing migrants from working will help prevent migrants from sending money home, “remittances has always been the tough nut to crack,” Ries said. She suggested taxing remittances could provide additional disincentives for migrants working in the United States. Finally, putting an end to chain migration, a focus in Trump’s first term, must be another priority. It’s a herculean task for the incoming Trump administration. It’s so, all because “Joe Biden sold out to the Left—the radical Left”—as has Mayorkas, Ries said, adding: “I don’t know how Secretary Mayorkas sleeps at night.” The radical Left’s vision that Biden, Mayorkas, and other Democrats have sold out to is a plan to turn the United States into a one-party state.  “It’s about power,” Ries said of the importation of millions across the open border. “More people in their districts, for example, means more congressional power based on the census and the head count and apportionment and redistricting. And then, in turn, presidential electoral votes.” Ries cited California as an example. “California has more representatives in the U. S. Congress than it should because they count everybody, and yet everybody isn’t supposed to vote in federal elections. Only U. S. citizens are supposed to vote in U.S. federal elections.” “So, why wouldn’t you just limit head count to U.S. citizens to determine congressional districts?” Ries asked rhetorically. “It’s a zero-sum game,” she added, meaning representation in government is “skewed to the left.” The abuses of our current immigration system have been so persistent, so extensive, that Ries suggests it might be better to start from scratch. “I think we need to throw out the whole immigration statute and just start over. It is too complicated, it’s too slow, it’s too expensive, and it just frustrates those who are trying to obey the law,” she told me. A well-functioning immigration system, she explained, should “be based in what benefits America in terms of sovereignty; in terms of a lawful, manageable system, communities, and populations we can assimilate into the American fabric; in terms of a common language and loyalty and a good understanding of civics and learning English.” “We’ve gotten away from that, and it shows,” Ries said. The post Here’s How to Deport More Than 10 Million People appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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