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Today's featured article for January 11, 2025
The burial chamber of Kha and Merit as discovered in 1906 The tomb of Kha and Merit is the funerary chapel and burial place of the ancient Egyptian foreman Kha and his wife Merit, in the northern cemetery of the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina. Kha supervised the workforce who constructed royal tombs during the reigns of the pharaohs Amenhotep II, Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III (r. 1425 – 1353 BC) in the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty of the early New Kingdom of Egypt. He died in his 60s, while Merit died before him in her 20s or 30s. The couple's pyramid-shaped chapel has been known since at least 1818. The tomb was cut into the base of the cliffs. This position allowed the entrance to be quickly buried by debris deposited by landslides and later tomb construction, hiding its location from ancient robbers. Almost all of the contents of the tomb were awarded to the excavators and were shipped to Italy soon after the discovery. They have been displayed in the Museo Egizio in Turin since its arrival, and an entire gallery is devoted to it. (Full article...) Recently featured: Ferrari FF Title (album) Elvis Presley Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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2012 notes

Deleted: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (appears on July 21)
Moved to Ineligible: Insulin (appears on July 27—not deleted because January 11 is a significant date for insulin, whereas it's not for Harry Potter; this way if anyone tries to re-add it here, they'll see why it's not listed)
New articles (unused): Jon Burge/George Ryan (moved from January 10)
Omitted: Theodora (11th century), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (moved to January 23), Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon), Carlo Tresca, Henry Lee Lucas
Included: 1693 Sicily earthquake (first appearance), Anglo-Zulu War (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible), Occupation of the Ruhr (5th appearance, last in 2010), Enver Hoxha (first appearance), Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (4th appearance, last in 2010)

--howcheng {chat} 18:16, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Henry Lee Lucas (maintenance)
Omitted: 1693 Sicily earthquake; Anglo–Zulu War; Enver Hoxha; Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges
Included: Theodora (11th century) (4th appearance, last in 2011); Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon) (both: 8th appearance, last in 2011); Carlo Tresca; (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Jon Burge/George Ryan (both: first appearance; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Occupation of the Ruhr (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 90th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:34, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon); Occupation of the Ruhr; Carlo Tresca; Jon Burge/George Ryan
Included: 1693 Sicily earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Anglo-Zulu War (5th appearance, last in 2012); Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (5th appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Theodora (11th century) (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:31, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Theodora (11th century); Anglo-Zulu War; Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States; Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges
Included: Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon) (9th appearance, last in 2013); Occupation of the Ruhr (7th appearance, last in 2013); Enver Hoxha (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt (first appearance)
Repeats: 1693 Sicily earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:07, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States (maintenance)
Omitted: Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon); Occupation of the Ruhr; Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt
Included: Theodora (11th century) (6th appearance, last in 2014); Anglo-Zulu War (6th appearance, last in 2014); Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (6th appearance, last in 2014; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: 1693 Sicily earthquake (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Enver Hoxha (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 70th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:09, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States
Omitted: Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon); Anglo-Zulu War; Enver Hoxha; Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges
Included: 1912 Lawrence textile strike (first appearance); Occupation of the Ruhr (8th appearance, last in 2015); Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt (2nd appearance, last in 2015)
Repeats: Theodora (11th century) (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); 1693 Sicily earthquake (4th consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Anglo-Zulu War (maintenance); Carlo Tresca (maintenance)
Omitted: Theodora Porphyrogenita (11th century); 1912 Lawrence textile strike; Occupation of the Ruhr; Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt
Included: Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon) (both: 11th appearance, last in 2016); Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (first appearance); Enver Hoxha (4th appearance, last in 2016); Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (7th appearance, last in 2016); Min Bin (first appearance); Alice Paul (first appearance); Emile Heskey (first appearance)
Repeats: 1693 Sicily earthquake (5th consecutive appearance, 6 total; 325th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:37, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Theodora Porphyrogenita (11th century) (maintenance)
Omitted: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Enver Hoxha; Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges; Min Bin; Alice Paul; Emile Heskey
Included: Occupation of the Ruhr (9th appearance, last in 2017); Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Jon Burge/George Ryan (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2013); Nicolas Steno (first appearance); John Molson (first appearance); Eva Tanguay (first appearance)
Repeats: 1693 Sicily earthquake (6th consecutive appearance, 12 total); Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon) (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:09, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (ineligible): Battle of Río Bueno (appeared on DYK on 2019-09-03)
Omitted: Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon); Occupation of the Ruhr; Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States; Jon Burge/George Ryan; Nicolas Steno; John Molson; Eva Tanguay
Included: Theodora Porphyrogenita (11th century) (8th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Carlo Tresca (3rd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (8th appearance, last in 2018); Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt (3rd appearance, last in 20137); Vincenzo Borg (first appearance); Eva Le Gallienne (first appearance); Emanuel Lasker (first appearance)
Repeats: 1693 Sicily earthquake (7th consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:02, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Peter Badcoe (TFA for 2021-01-11)
New articles (unused): Roberta Fulbright
Omitted: Theodora III Porphyrogenita; 1693 Sicily earthquake; Carlo Tresca; Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt; Vincenzo Borg; Eva Le Gallienne
Included: Battle of Río Bueno (1654) (first appearance); Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon) (both: 13th appearance, last in 2019); 1912 Lawrence textile strike (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Enver Hoxha (5th appearance, last in 2018; 75th anniversary); Socrates Nelson (first appearance); Tom Parry Jones (first appearance)
Repeats: Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total); Emanuel Lasker (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 80th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:43, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Battle of Río Bueno (1654); 1912 Lawrence textile strike; Enver Hoxha; Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges; Socrates Nelson; Emanuel Lasker; Tom Parry Jones
Included: Eugenio María de Hostos (restored after having been deleted); Theodora Porphyrogenita (9th appearance, last in 2020); Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) (first appearance); Occupation of the Ruhr (10th appearance, last in 2019); Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt (4th appearance, last in 2020); Domenico Ghirlandaio (first appearance); Bayard Taylor (first appearance); Peter Badcoe (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Oberon (moon)/Titania (moon) (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 14 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:51, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]