Valley of the Kings French Consul-General and a great rival of Belzoni and Salt. When Gaston Maspero was reappointed as head of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, the nature of the exploration of the valley changed again. Maspero appointed English archaeologist Howard Carter as the Chief Inspector of Upper Egypt, and the young man discovered several new tombs and explored several others, clearing KV42 and KV20. Around the start of the 20th century, American explorer Theodore M. Davis had the excavation permit in the valley. His team (led mostly by Edward R. Ayrton) discovered several royal and non-royal tombs (including KV43, KV46 and KV57). In
Terrorist attack against cyclists in Tajikistan the General prosecutor of Tajikistan consider that the IS allegiance is just a cover. The backer of the attack appears to be a 45 years old Tajik cleric named Nosirhoja Ubaidov and known as Qori Nosir who radicalized Hussein Abdusamadov and asked him to carry out a terrorist attack. Tajik authorities have linked him with the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan and Iran without presenting any specific evidence, both the IRPT and Iran have denied any links with the attack. Tajikistan experts have put into question the Tajik government allegations, insisting that the attack was most likely perpetuated by grass-roots