China has started its first-ever excavation to find ancient treasures in Egypt
(World News Egypt)

Egypt´s ancient ruins are getting the Chinese treatment. In what is being dubbed as a first, an archaeological team from China has started excavation work at the Montu Temple located in the historic southern governorate of Luxor. The temple, dedicated to the falcon-headed warrior god Montu, is currently very dilapidated and closed to tourists. The team of four Chinese experts, led by Jia Xiaobing from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences´ Institute of Archaeology, said they would first conduct a `small-scale trial excavation` to assess the damage, collect data, and...