On this day, 5 August 1981, after just two days on strike, 11,345 federal air traffic controllers were sacked by US President Reagan (himself a former union leader) for refusing his order to return to work. The workers were banned from federal service for life (lifted over a decade later), their union was legally dissolved later in October, and military air traffic controllers were used as replacements until new hires could be trained.
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2018 - Kurdish demonstrators burn an effigy of Erdoğan in protest of the attack and occupation of the Kurdish city of Afrin by the Turkish state working together with Jihadi militias. [video]
Zahi Hawass Announces Two Archaeological Discoveries in Luxor
Famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass has announced two new archaeological discoveries made by an Egyptian expedition which he is heading in Luxor.
One discovery was in the West Valley, also known as the Valley of the Monkeys, and the other was in the East Valley, which contains the famous pharaonic tombs.
Hawass said that the Egyptian expedition, which has been working in the Valley of the Monkeys since December 2017, has found “an industrial area” for the first time ever in the location.
He explained that the area contains an oven used for clay products, and a water storage tank used by workmen to drink from. Read more.
Turkey has begun the invasion against the Kurds in northern Syria (Rojava) after Trump gave greenlight to Turkey.
The Kurds who gave over 11 000 lives in the fight against ISIS.
ISIS, who was both supported and enabled by Turkey.
We the Kurds were abandoned in 1919 at Versailles and denied the right to a state. But we have survive in Turkey, in Syria, Iraq and Iran. We will survive this too, because we exist. Kurds exist.
Senet was an ancient Egyptian board game popular with all classes. Archaeological evidence reveals that senet was played by both royalty (as demonstrated by this elaborate ivory set) and commoners (crude boards scratched in rock). The course of the game was thought to parallel the course of the deceased through the underworld.
From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 62061
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