Mummy juice tops coverage of Egypt in the foreign press: Almost 20,000 people (and counting) have signed on to a online petition calling on the Egyptian government to allow people to drink the liquid found inside the mysterious black sarcophagus unearthed in Egypt earlier this month, which is once again topping coverage of Egypt in the foreign press. This is despite the fact that the Antiquities Ministry has said that the red liquid appears to be sewage water. The ministry found three mummies inside the sarcophagus and has now ruled out entirely the possibility that it had been Alexander the Great’s final resting place. Reuters and the the Associated Press are among many that have coverage.

Other headlines worth noting in brief:

• China is a promising market for Egypt’s growing non-oil exports, Mahmoud Fouly writes for Xinhua.
• Prospects for democratic transition in Tunisia are much better than they are for Egypt or Libya, analysts speculate in a piece for the Washington Post.
• A Libyan Presidential Council member is accusing Egypt of attempting to seize an area in eastern Libya, according to the Libya Observer.
• Egypt is the go-to holiday destination in 2018 for its affordability, newly-renovated hotels, and level of safety, Allison DiLiegro writes in a trip review for Fathom.
• Forbes Middle East profiles Egyptian actor Amr Waked and his ambitions to produce a “blockbuster Arab movie that would be screened around the world.”