Egypt
Saleh Ahmed manager of the Mit Rahina antiquities zone has found himself with difficulties having landed himself on the wrong side of Dr. Zahi Hawass (his boss) and head of the Supreme council of antiquities when he proposed a different approach to how to deal with certain Egyptian antiquities, particularly the mummy of King Tutankhamen, this was entirely appropriate as he is a mummification specialist but unfortunately for Saleh, who holds a Master’s degree from Manchester University in England, Dr. Hawass did not appreciate Saleh's advice and as a result Saleh feels he is a target of a smear campaign by Dr. Hawass. There are currently 42 investigations looking into Saleh.
(ANHRI) or the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information condemns the repression being perpetrated by Dr. Hawass against the researcher with the legal support unit deciding to adopt Saleh’s case and support him. As it stands now Saleh is being deprived of promotions, he cannot attend international antiquities exhibitions in addition to salary deductions.
An Administrative Court is reviewing Mr. Saleh’s case against the Supreme Council of Antiquities and its leader Dr. Hawass.
http://en.afrik.com/article16255.html
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Saleh Ahmed manager of the Mit Rahina antiquities zone has found himself with difficulties having landed himself on the wrong side of Dr. Zahi Hawass (his boss) and head of the Supreme council of antiquities when he proposed a different approach to how to deal with certain Egyptian antiquities, particularly the mummy of King Tutankhamen, this was entirely appropriate as he is a mummification specialist but unfortunately for Saleh, who holds a Master’s degree from Manchester University in England, Dr. Hawass did not appreciate Saleh's advice and as a result Saleh feels he is a target of a smear campaign by Dr. Hawass. There are currently 42 investigations looking into Saleh.
(ANHRI) or the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information condemns the repression being perpetrated by Dr. Hawass against the researcher with the legal support unit deciding to adopt Saleh’s case and support him. As it stands now Saleh is being deprived of promotions, he cannot attend international antiquities exhibitions in addition to salary deductions.
An Administrative Court is reviewing Mr. Saleh’s case against the Supreme Council of Antiquities and its leader Dr. Hawass.
http://en.afrik.com/article16255.html
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Egypt Daily Star News Now people around the world interested in the different eras of Egypt's heritage can access information and download pictures online, through the new e-shop www.egyptmemory.com.Yesterday IBM organized a media conference in cooperation...
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Reporter's Notebook blog This is a bit of an odd one. Thanks to Rhio for sending it over. The above site is a blog post which reports on an article which was published by Manal el-Jesri in Egypt Today in January 2005 . I may well have posted it in...
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http://www.ansamed.info/en/egypt/news/ME03.YAM12531.html"Only Egyptian archaeologists will have access to ancient Egyptian mummies while the foreigners will be allowed to examine them only in the presence and under the supervision of their Egyptian colleagues,...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3539284.stm Very unusually for the BBC, this is not a very well written article. However, the main content is that a researcher has published a paper about the looting of the tomb of King Sobekemsaf, during...