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1 week ago | 
thetimes.com | Magdy Samaan
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2 months ago | 
thetimes.com | Jessica Sharkey |Magdy Samaan
More than a century after Howard Carter delivered the most sensational discovery in the long history of Egyptology, Piers Litherland was searching cliff faces south of the Valley of the Kings when he chanced upon a tomb unlike dozens of others he had excavated. Litherland had led a British expedition to search parts of Luxor away from where Tutankhamun was found in 1922, in the hope of learning more about the 18th ancient Egyptian dynasty of all-powerful pharaohs.
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2 months ago | 
thetimes.com | Jessica Sharkey |Magdy Samaan
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
thetimes.com | Richard Spencer |Magdy Samaan
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Magdy Samaan |Ali Mitib
The search for a British couple who went missing after a diving yacht capsized in the Red Sea last week has been called off, The Times understands. Jenny Cawson, 36, and her husband Tarig Sinada, 49, are among seven people still unaccounted for after the Sea Story went down off the east coast of Egypt in the early hours of November 25.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Charlie Parker |Ali Mitib |Magdy Samaan
Just after lunch last Sunday, passengers of the diving yacht Sea Story squeezed into their wetsuits and plunged into the warm waters of Marsa Shouna. British, Belgian, Swiss and German tourists were among those seen swimming in the bay, just off Egypt’s eastern coast, which is famous for the rays and turtles that roam its reefs. The popular diving spot was supposed to be the first of many underwater locations they explored after setting sail on a six-day voyage across the Red Sea.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Ali Mitib |Charlie Parker |Magdy Samaan
The two Britons rescued from a diving yacht that capsized in the Red Sea are seasoned sailors who have spent their retirement voyaging around the world while crewing on private boats, a friend has said. Colin Sharratt, 65, a former project manager from London, and Sally Jones, 58, a former consultant, were rescued alongside 26 other passengers and crew of the tourist boat, Sea Story, on Monday morning.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Tom Mcardle |Magdy Samaan |Max Stephens
Medics and rescue services assembled on the dock to pull survivors from the water Credit: EGYPTIAN PRESS CENTER/SHUTTERSTOCK Four bodies have been found after a yacht capsized in the Red Sea. Two British tourists were thought to be among 16 people missing after the sinking of the diving vessel, called the Sea Story, on Monday. Major General Amr Hanafi, the Governor of the Red Sea area, said naval forces had rescued three people alive – two Belgian nationals and one Egyptian. In addition, four...
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Magdy Samaan
‘Huge wave’ capsized Red Sea diving boat, with two Britons still missingAt least two British tourists were thought to be among 16 people missing after a yacht capsized in the Red Sea on Monday. The Sea Story diving vessel was carrying 31 tourists, along with a crew of 14, when distress signals were sent out shortly before dawn on Monday, Egyptian officials said. A search and rescue operation co-ordinated by the Egyptian military had recovered 28 survivors by Monday night.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Magdy Samaan |Mario Ledwith
Two British tourists are among more than a dozen people who are missing in the Red Sea after a tourist yacht capsized while on a diving expedition. Hopes of finding the passengers alive were fading on Monday evening as darkness fell and rescue teams called off their extensive search operation for the night. Officials and survivors said that boat, named Sea Story, was toppled by a large wave in the early hours of Monday morning in turbulent weather conditions.
