Medieval History
Dr. Scott had both good and bad news. The bad news is that there is antiquities damage at the Giza Pyramids. Mark Lehner and his team are currently working there.
?I?ve heard that the team lost some equipment and that there was some damage to the antiquities but I do not know the extent of that at this point,? he said. He also does not know exactly what was damaged. The Egyptian army is now guarding the pyramids and access has been restricted.
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Medieval History
Damage reported at Giza Pyramids, Looters turned back at Karnak
Dr. Scott had both good and bad news. The bad news is that there is antiquities damage at the Giza Pyramids. Mark Lehner and his team are currently working there.
?I?ve heard that the team lost some equipment and that there was some damage to the antiquities but I do not know the extent of that at this point,? he said. He also does not know exactly what was damaged. The Egyptian army is now guarding the pyramids and access has been restricted.
Click here to read this article from History of the Ancient World
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Dominic Raina?s business card is a simple affair bearing his name, phone number and an equilateral triangle resting on one side. Written underneath the triangle is the service Raina offers: ?PYRAMID CONSTRUCTION DEMO?S.? Above the triangle, his nickname...
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Archaeologists in contact with colleagues in Libya say that their nation's antiquities appear safe despite the chaos in the country. That news is contrary to reports earlier this week, which claimed that Libya's museums were being plundered and...
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Archaeological work has been suspended at the 4,600 year-old Seila Pyramid in Egypt. Excavation and research at the site has been going on for nearly three decades now by a team led by Professor Wilfred Griggs of Brigham Young University. Seila is one...
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The heads of two mummies have been ripped off and several artifacts damaged by looters at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, as unrest spreads throughout the country. The looters were captured by Egyptian soldiers before they were able to remove anything from...
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