Amethyst was fashionable in the Middle Kingdom. Archaeologists discovered jewelry belonging to Middle Kingdom queens and princesses in pyramids at a site called Dahshur around 25 miles south of Cairo.

By James Mackenzie, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza, killing more than 400 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, ...