If, after a long week of work or school, you often find yourself back at that rented football field with the buddies for yet another one of your legendary football tournaments, you'd want to keep on reading. Millions of Egyptian amateur football players spend thousands, perhaps even millions, on an annual basis to rent out football fields to that end. In other countries, such as the UK, there would be a nationwide tournament bringing all the amateur athletes together for a national cup or tournament, and Egypt is soon to be no different. Launching this March 23rd, El League is set to be Egypt's first ever nationwide football tournament for amateurs. Instead of paying all that money to rent out football fields, El League is charging EGP 2K for amateur teams of 7 to 10 players to compete against one another in a grand 5-a-side tournament in which all proceeds will go towards human development and charity.

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Women explorers played a major part in the UK's fascination with Egyptian mummies a century ago, and girls who - much later - visited their collections in provincial museums are among today's up-and-coming archaeologists. Samira Ahmed looks at female influence in the mummy world. It was a "light bulb moment - like being teleported back into ancient Egypt" says Danielle Wootton, remembering her excitement at seeing Bolton Museum's Egyptian mummy for the first time. It was just amazing to think that this other world existed, this past - who were these people and what kind of language did they speak?

Seamus Blackley, best known as one of the minds behind the Xbox, is a hardcore amateur baker and Egyptologist. Recently, he decided to combine his two hobbies. Richard Bowman, a doctoral candidate in microbiology at the University of Iowa, helped in the process, injecting a nutrient solution into the ceramics, which reawakened dormant yeasts.