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(...) priceless historical treasures can never be completely safeguarded, in Europe, the United States, or anywhere else. Natural disasters and warfare are always a threat. But as culturally insensitive (and politically incorrect) as it may seem, recent events suggest that the best place for many of history's priceless antiquities may indeed be far away from the lands that spawned them.

Lost history is being recovered by reconstructing documents that survived in fragments wrapped in mummy casings

Early problems in labor relations

Images of a temple in Egypt.