Serene desert landscapes and a treasure trove of pyramid tombs still being discovered; this was Egypt a century ago, as a selection of fascinating vintage photos show.
A gallery of black and white snaps selected by DailyMail.com reveal what the ancient country looked like before tourism had taken hold.
It’s predicted that more than 13 million visitors descended on Egypt this year, but 100 years ago the 5,000-year-old civilization was still being discovered by westerners, who were floored by the
Science experienced many first-of-a-kind feats this year. These are the groundbreaking achievements that grabbed our attention.
Glowing threads of gas, galaxies and dark matter provided the first tangible evidence that shock waves permeate the cosmic web, the large-scale structure of the universe (SN: 3/25/23, p. 14). Simulations had predicted that colliding threads generate shock waves, which catapult charged particles into the web’s magnetic fields and create a faint glow. That aura appeared in data from
