Two human and animal embalming workshops, as well as two tombs, have been unearthed at the Saqqara necropolis.

Two human and animal embalming workshops, as well as two tombs, have been unearthed at the Saqqara necropolis.
Subjected to all kinds of racism, the gifted, plain-spoken orator became an inspiring role model for social justice.
The devastation of areas like the Buriganga comes into greater focus in the run-up to Earth Day.
Thousands of worshippers light candles at Lalish Temple to celebrate the start of the New Year.
In Japan’s ageing society, senior footballers can now show off their skills in a new over-80s division in Tokyo.
Ayodhya is a microcosm of India, where a diverse past has been overrun by ruptured relations between Hindus and Muslims.
For Palestinians, the journey to one of Islam’s most sacred sites on the holiest night of Ramadan begins at checkpoints.
Muslims have been subjected to violence for decades, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has only made things worse.
In Johannesburg’s impoverished townships, poor communities are paying the price for the country’s rich gold mining past.
Air raids and shelling strike parts of Khartoum and the adjoining city of Omdurman.
The percentage of people aged 60-plus in Kerala has shot up from 5.1 percent to 16.5 percent – the highest among states.
Ramadan in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has a flavour different from anywhere else in the country.
Volunteers will live for a year at a time in the habitat to test what life will be like on future missions to Mars.
By attacking the third holiest site in Islam, is the crisis-hit Israeli government deliberately creating a diversion?