Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Farghaly)
- Military Arrests 6 Men For Illegally Excavating Artifacts
Al Masry Al Youm Armed Forces personnel arrested two students and four workers on Sunday for excavating artifacts west of Cairo in 6th of October City, according to security sources. Preliminary investigations showed the suspects formed a group for excavating...
- Tel El Dabaa Warehouse Break-in
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Armed looters broke in to the Tel El-Dabaa antiquities warehouse on Thursday, stealing artifacts and breaking several pieces of the stored collection. Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, head of the Central Administration of Antiquities...
- The Braves Made A Fish Farm In Tell Tanis
Luxor Times Tarek Ibrahim Hoseni, manager of Behira and Port Said antiquities, asked for help to protect Tell Tanis site by Lake Menzalla. He said that a group of armed men violated the site in the area by the lake and established a fish farm and built...
- Fences Surrounding Ancient Coptic Monasteries Demolished
Assyrian International News Agency For the second time in as many days, Egyptian armed force stormed the 5th century old St. Bishoy monastery in Wadi el-Natroun, 110 kilometers from Cairo. Live ammunition was fired, wounding two monks and six Coptic monastery...
- Exhibition: Franklin Institute Marks Last Tut Stop In States
The Quad (Jeff Simon) A summary of the exhibition, which adds very little to previous articles, but has a nice remark about the security: Featured in the showcase at the Institute are items ranging from cosmetics cases to dog collars to knives. Coffins...
Egypt
Armed men dig for artifacts in Faiyum
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Farghaly)
Armed groups have been digging for ancient artifacts at the Garza archeological site in Fayoum, said eyewitnesses. Watchmen guarding the area said the armed groups came to the site several times at night with automatic weapons, forcing them to leave the area so that they could dig and search for artifacts.
The watchmen complained that the small number of watchmen and their inadequate weapons facilitates made it difficult to protect such archeological sites.
- Military Arrests 6 Men For Illegally Excavating Artifacts
Al Masry Al Youm Armed Forces personnel arrested two students and four workers on Sunday for excavating artifacts west of Cairo in 6th of October City, according to security sources. Preliminary investigations showed the suspects formed a group for excavating...
- Tel El Dabaa Warehouse Break-in
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Armed looters broke in to the Tel El-Dabaa antiquities warehouse on Thursday, stealing artifacts and breaking several pieces of the stored collection. Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, head of the Central Administration of Antiquities...
- The Braves Made A Fish Farm In Tell Tanis
Luxor Times Tarek Ibrahim Hoseni, manager of Behira and Port Said antiquities, asked for help to protect Tell Tanis site by Lake Menzalla. He said that a group of armed men violated the site in the area by the lake and established a fish farm and built...
- Fences Surrounding Ancient Coptic Monasteries Demolished
Assyrian International News Agency For the second time in as many days, Egyptian armed force stormed the 5th century old St. Bishoy monastery in Wadi el-Natroun, 110 kilometers from Cairo. Live ammunition was fired, wounding two monks and six Coptic monastery...
- Exhibition: Franklin Institute Marks Last Tut Stop In States
The Quad (Jeff Simon) A summary of the exhibition, which adds very little to previous articles, but has a nice remark about the security: Featured in the showcase at the Institute are items ranging from cosmetics cases to dog collars to knives. Coffins...