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After four years in prison, Amanda Knox walked free on Monday. The 24-year-old American woman, and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were convicted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher in 2009. Sollecito's conviction was also overturned by an Italian appeals court in Perugia. The story of sex, drug-using, exchange students, and murder became a media sensation around the world. The prosecution's case against Knox was derided as based on circumstantial evidence doubted by independent experts.

Until 200 years ago, only the most reckless Europeans dared to explore Egypt. Its history and peoples aroused great interest in Europe. But it wasn’t until Napoleon sent his best scientists to the Nile Valley that Egypt was exposed to the West. This story is told by Nina Burleigh in ...