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Today's featured article Burial chamber of Kha and Merit as discovered in 1906 The tomb of Kha and Merit is the funerary chapel and burial place of the ancient Egyptian foreman Kha and his wife Merit, in the northern cemetery of the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina. Kha supervised the workforce who constructed royal tombs during the reigns of the pharaohs Amenhotep II, Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III (r. 1425 – 1353 BC) in the mid–Eighteenth Dynasty of the early New Kingdom of Egypt. He died in his 60s, while Merit died before him in her 20s or 30s. The couple's pyramid-shaped chapel has been known since at least 1818. The tomb was cut into the base of the cliffs. This position allowed the entrance to be quickly buried by debris deposited by landslides and later tomb construction, hiding its location from ancient robbers. Almost all of the contents of the tomb were awarded to the excavators and were shipped to Italy soon after the discovery. They have been displayed in the Museo Egizio in Turin since their arrival, and an entire gallery is devoted to them. (Full article...) Recently featured: Ferrari FF Title (album) Elvis Presley Selected anniversaries January 11: Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal Cover of Smoking and Health 1654 – Arauco War: The Mapuche-Huilliche of southern Chile defeated a slave-hunting Spanish army at the Battle of Río Bueno. 1693 – The most powerful earthquake recorded in Italy struck the island of Sicily, causing 60,000 deaths and prompting a period of architectural revival. 1914 – The Karluk, the flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sank after being crushed by ice. 1964 – In a landmark report (cover pictured), U.S. surgeon general Luther Terry issued a warning that tobacco smoking may be hazardous to health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, and other illnesses. 2003 – After Chicago police detective Jon Burge was discovered to have extracted forced confessions from more than 200 suspects, the governor of Illinois commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners and pardoned four others. Min Bin (d. 1554) Socrates Nelson (b. 1814) Eva Le Gallienne (b. 1899) Eva Tanguay (d. 1947) More anniversaries: January 10 January 11 January 12	In the news Joseph Aoun Joseph Aoun (pictured) is elected president of Lebanon after a two-year vacancy. A series of wildfires in Southern California, United States, leaves at least 11 people dead and forces the evacuation of nearly 180,000 others. A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hits Tingri County in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, leaving at least 126 people dead. Indonesia becomes a full member of BRICS. Justin Trudeau announces his intention to resign as prime minister of Canada. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Hans Dieter Beck Jeff Baena Rosita Missoni Brian Matusz Jean-Michel Defaye Ágnes Keleti Did you know... Flag of Okinawa Prefecture ... that the white ring on the flag of Okinawa Prefecture (pictured) represents the "O" in "Okinawa"? ... that Emirati princess Mahra Al Maktoum invoked the triple talaq to divorce her husband, which is traditionally done only by the husband? ... that as many as 35 million soldiers became prisoners of war in World War II, according to some estimates? ... that Luigi Mangione was described as "somewhat of an online sex symbol" following his December 2024 arrest? ... that the Mseilha Fort is strategically located to overlook the crossing of the Jaouz River near Ras ash-Shaq'a, a promontory in Lebanon? ... that Saint Amata of Assisi was interviewed and testified during the process of the canonization of her aunt, Saint Clare of Assisi? ... that journalism students at New Mexico State University were willing to work for free to save their newscast on the school's TV station? ... that the Rockwell PPS-8 microprocessor had a number of features that made Adam Osborne call it "most unusual" and "difficult to understand"? ... that a president of the Oregon Senate crawled along a ledge of the State Capitol to access an unsecured window of the absent governor's office to place bills on his desk?
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