Sifting through the sandy dirt on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, archaeologists expected to find something.
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Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
Sea turtles, for example, haul themselves out onto beaches during breeding season to dig nests and plop dozens of eggs into the sandy divots before returning to the waves.
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