Egyptian researcher saves ancient sites from termites - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Salwa Samir

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Nada Zeineddin taking samples of damaged parts to find a way to kill termites in Islamic city of el-Qasr in Dakhla Oasis, Egypt. — Nada Zeineddin taking samples of damaged parts to find a way to kill termites in Islamic city of el-Qasr in Dakhla Oasis, Egypt. — Courtesy of Nada Zeineddin

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An Egyptian archaeologist brushes the top of a carved black wooden sarcophagus inlaid with gilded sheets, dating to Egypt's Late Period (7th-4th century BC), on the west bank of the Nile north of the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, Nov. 24, 2018.

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