In photos: Egypt unveils 3,000-year-old "lost golden city"
11 April 2021
A top Egyptian archaeologist on Saturday outlined details of a newly rediscovered "lost golden city" near Luxor that dates back more than 3,000 years.
Why it matters: Zahi Hawass told NBC News the large ancient city, unveiled Thursday, tells archaeologists for the first time "about the life of the people during the Golden Age." Johns Hopkins University Egyptology professor Betsy Brian said in a statement it's "the second most important archeological discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamen."
Workers covering a skeleton at the archaeological site in the desert. Archaeologists say it's the "largest" ever found in Egypt. Photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images
Workers carrying a pot at the site. Hawass told reporters Saturday an inscription found there "says that this city was called: ‘The dazzling Aten,'" per AP. Photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images
Workers carrying a fish covered in gold uncovered at the site. Archeologists were looking for a "mortuary temple of boy King Tutankham" when they began excavations last year, AP reports. Photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images
Workers standing beside a display of artifacts uncovered at the site. Photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images
A worker repairs an archaeological find at site of "the lost golden city." Photo: Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images
Workers carrying pots at the site. Photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images
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Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times
Section2Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.
Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.
The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.
- The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.
What the transcripts say:
- Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
- The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
- Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."
Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.