Human rights + COP27 continue to drive the narrative on Egypt in the international press: It’s the Times’ turn to publish a piece on political detainees in Egypt in the run-up to next week’s global climate summit, while the Guardian reports that Greenpeace is coming in for criticism by some activists who are accusing the conservation group of “greenwashing” the Egyptian government’s image by playing down its poor human rights record.

Also making headlines:

• The King Tut controversy: Egyptologists continue to disagree on what Tutankhamun’s burial room was initially designed for and whether his stepmother and predecessor Nefertiti could be buried behind its walls. (New York Times)
• Climate change is accelerating migration out of the countryside to Egyptian cities and abroad as water scarcity impacts the agriculture sector. (AFP)
• Falcon mummies: A foreign research team has unearthed a tomb containing over a dozen mummified falcons south of Marsa Alam. (Al Monitor)