2,500-year-old coffin discovered in Giza

Sep 07, 2020, at 08:24 pm

GIZA (EGYPT), Sept. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany (C) and Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Mostafa Waziri (R) look at a 2,500-year-old coffin discoverd in Giza, Egypt, on Sept. 6, 2020. Egypt announced on Sunday the discovery of a collection of more than 13 intact sealed coffins dating back to 2,500 years ago.

World in Photo : April 13, 2020

Apr 14, 2020, at 12:57 pm

ROME, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Police officers check passing vehicles in Rome, Italy, on April 13, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed 20,465 lives in locked-down Italy as of Monday, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 159,516, according to latest data released by the countrys Civil Protection Department.