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“While political parties are wrestling to reformulate the constitution and members of parliament are competing to gain as much media attention as they can. While politicians are busy attacking / defending the Military Council and economists are concerned about the bad financial situation of the country. While the Ministry of Interior is busy with the battle over whether to allow beards or not, while other activists are jostling to impose their opinions in the media throughout Egypt and while the elite are busy with these cases, there is a mafia is devoted to looting antiquities what the ancient Egyptian civilization left us. They are no longer practicing their crimes in darkness, but in the middle of the day with bulldozers while the Ministry of Antiquities and the police are in silent!!”
Hibeh archaeological site on the east bank of the Nile lies in a particularly impoverished area of Egypt, three hour’s drive south of Cairo. For the past 9 months a gang has been systematically and...
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Whatever gave people the idea Carter & Carnarvon, Belzoni, ect, were archeologists, and the former rich archeologists at that.
Looting/archeology it's all a matter of one's perspective, if it puts...
Garbage dumping and archaeological looting in Abu Sir alarm residents
by Steven Viney
Since last January’s uprising, the archaeologically rich area of Abu Sir in the Giza Governorate has come...
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As a kid I used to excavate Victorian rubbish dumps, one day someone will be excavating these rubbish dumps..:cool:
PS: It wasn't called looting just digging up old stuff, nothing changes except...
Apart from the archeological aspect of this it is an environmental disaster which will only get worse, I was sad to read of all the dead animals birds and dogs just dumped with the rubbish :(...
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Jewel. I was at Abusir a couple of weeks, before the troubles. The place is/was a 'closed site' at that time, but l still had my Blue Peter Badge then, the site its self was clear of all rubbish, but...
They are only now catching on this is happening - unbelievable.......
Since the 2011 Egyptian revolution, political instability and a tourism decline have led to widespread looting of...
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I was placing my emphasis on ALL children's lives, not the damage done to human remains, tombs and what is being despoiled by the thieves. I suppose its how you read into it. And if this was reported...
