Egypt
The Epoch Times (Kremena Krumova)
More speculation about who was responsible for the looting of the Cairo Museum, with some interesting eye-witness accounts.
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Egypt
Looting of Cairo Museum an Amateur Job?
The Epoch Times (Kremena Krumova)
More speculation about who was responsible for the looting of the Cairo Museum, with some interesting eye-witness accounts.
Hawass thinks the attempted thefts were most probably done by amateurs.
“Professionals out to steal would normally be careful not to damage the objects they were planning to take, so the initial impression was that the attackers were vandals rather than thieves,” the minister wrote on his blog.
Hawass described how the famous statue of Akhenaten was returned. “I was informed that a sixteen-year-old male, one of the protestors at Tahrir Square, had found the statue of Akhenaten near the southern wall of the museum, and took it home. The boy’s family immediately called the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs to arrange for the statue’s return to the Museum.”
Joris Kila, part of a civilian-military mission to Egypt to assess the damage at the Cairo museum and other heritage sites, concurs that their investigation revealed no signs of organized crime.
- Four Items Returned To The Egyptian Museum
Luxor Times With photos showing the state of the objects on their return. Four objects missing from the Egyptian Museum since the January Revolution have been returned, announced Dr. Zahi Hawass, Minister of State for Antiquities. The objects returned...
- Egypt's Antiquities Still At Risk
npr (Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson) Among the casualties of Egypt's revolution are many of its famous historical sites and artifacts. Vandalism and looting at these sites skyrocketed in the weeks after the Egyptian police force — including those responsible...
- Speaking With The Sphinx
The New Yorker Newsdesk (Jenna Krajeski) A look at the impression that Hawass has made during the Egyptian crisis and the looting of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The gates to the office of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, and of Zahi Hawass—the...
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