Egypt
asharq alawsat (Zahi Hawass)
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- 10 Die Whilst Excavating Illegally
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- Gold Diggers Dream Of Riches
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- Hawass On His First Love
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) People have gotten used to us disclosing many of our archaeological discoveries that date back to the Pharaonic age, from tombs to statues to beautiful paintings, not to mention underground crypts containing mummies or treasure...
- Tragedy In Greed
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Egypt
Looting: Treasures the Color of Blood
asharq alawsat (Zahi Hawass)
The dream of finding treasure under one's house is something that has always existed across the length and breadth of Egypt. Every person in every village or city [in Egypt] imagines themselves finding the ancient treasures of the pharaohs underneath their houses. In fact, people have killed each other as a result of this, with brothers killing brothers, and in the end, they die together under the rubble, with the imaginary treasure remaining where it is.
We also hear stories of djinn guarding treasures, and according to folk tales, mercury can be used to control and command such djinn, and of course there is the word "mummy" which now seems to have an almost magical effect on people. Con artists and fraudsters use the dream of hidden treasure as a means of conning people, and every day we hear news that somebody has found buried treasure under their home, only for archeological survey to reveal such claims to be myths or products of the imagination.
- Huge Canaanite Jewelry Hoard Unearthed In Megiddo
The MidEast News Source (Arieh O’Sullivan) With photo. Archaeologists digging at Tel Megiddo in northern Israel have unearthed what turns out to be one of the largest troves of Canaanite treasures ever found, buried in rubble from destruction 3,100...
- 10 Die Whilst Excavating Illegally
Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref) Ten people were killed when the soil caved in on them as they were illegally digging for ancient treasures under a house in a central Egyptian village, police officials told AFP on Monday. The 10, including four brothers,...
- Gold Diggers Dream Of Riches
Monsters and Critics In the depths of the earth in Aswan and the surrounding villages in southern Egypt, impoverished locals dig illegally for what they fervently hope will be treasure in the shape of gold - ancient gold. The treasure hunters also seek...
- Hawass On His First Love
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) People have gotten used to us disclosing many of our archaeological discoveries that date back to the Pharaonic age, from tombs to statues to beautiful paintings, not to mention underground crypts containing mummies or treasure...
- Tragedy In Greed
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