MO Midden-Oosten
Bespreek hier de actuele situatie omtrent het Midden-Oosten.
Erg goed om te zien dat menselijke schild.
Kan het niet begrijpen dat er dus mensen zijn die er op uit gaan om een mummy naar de kloten te helpen.
Hier begrijp ik het ook niet, ik zeg het tegen m`n 2 directe collegas, en ik krijg van beide zo`n schouder-ophaal-oh-well reactie.
Kennelijk is een erg belangrijk stuk historie van de Mens niet belangrijk genoeg voor hun, waarschijnlijk vinden ze het resultaat van een of andere voetbal wedstrijd of dans wedstrijd belangrijker.
Kan het niet begrijpen dat er dus mensen zijn die er op uit gaan om een mummy naar de kloten te helpen.
Hier begrijp ik het ook niet, ik zeg het tegen m`n 2 directe collegas, en ik krijg van beide zo`n schouder-ophaal-oh-well reactie.
Kennelijk is een erg belangrijk stuk historie van de Mens niet belangrijk genoeg voor hun, waarschijnlijk vinden ze het resultaat van een of andere voetbal wedstrijd of dans wedstrijd belangrijker.
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Hier ook collega's naast me, "Heb je familie ofzo in egypte dat je dit steeds zit te volgen" "Nee" "Waarom kijk je dan steeds!?!?"quote:Op woensdag 2 februari 2011 16:46 schreef m0j0 het volgende:
Erg goed om te zien dat menselijke schild.
Kan het niet begrijpen dat er dus mensen zijn die er op uit gaan om een mummy naar de kloten te helpen.
Hier begrijp ik het ook niet, ik zeg het tegen m`n 2 directe collegas, en ik krijg van beide zo`n schouder-ophaal-oh-well reactie.
Kennelijk is een erg belangrijk stuk historie van de Mens niet belangrijk genoeg voor hun, waarschijnlijk vinden ze het resultaat van een of andere voetbal wedstrijd of dans wedstrijd belangrijker.
Uhm omdat er hier iets historisch aan de gang is misschien?
Maar ondertussen wel de hele dag onzin op telegraaf.nl lezen
"so if your message ain't shit, fuck the records you sold, cuz if you go platinum, it's got nothing to do with luck, it just means that a million people are stupid as fuck"
Hier word je gewoon triest van 
het is potdomme een gigantische inkomstenbron van je land, en dan ga je het niet eens stelen maar vernielen?
het is potdomme een gigantische inkomstenbron van je land, en dan ga je het niet eens stelen maar vernielen?
1. ze hebben geen idee wat het waard is.
2. van de intree gelden van de monumenten is nog nooit iets naar het volk gegaan.
3. Als jij geen cent te makken hebt en je kunt een beeldje verkopen en daarvan bijna een jaar je gezin te eten geven, wat zou jij doen?
Graf en monumenten roven is zo oud als de egyptische beschaving 6500 jaar terug.
2. van de intree gelden van de monumenten is nog nooit iets naar het volk gegaan.
3. Als jij geen cent te makken hebt en je kunt een beeldje verkopen en daarvan bijna een jaar je gezin te eten geven, wat zou jij doen?
Graf en monumenten roven is zo oud als de egyptische beschaving 6500 jaar terug.
Van de entreegelden van het British Museum gaat ook niks naar de Brittenquote:
2. van de intree gelden van de monumenten is nog nooit iets naar het volk gegaan.
het levert echter toerisme op wat weer veel geld naar de kleinere industrieen (hotels, restaurants, etc) van het land brengt, not to mention werkgelegenheid.Dat is nou precies waarom ik niet snap dat dingen vernield worden.quote:3. Als jij geen cent te makken hebt en je kunt een beeldje verkopen en daarvan bijna een jaar je gezin te eten geven, wat zou jij doen?
Vernielingen is werk van pro-mubarak als ik de berichten mag geloven.quote:
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Van de entreegelden van het British Museum gaat ook niks naar de Britten
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Dat is nou precies waarom ik niet snap dat dingen vernield worden.
Vernieling is het gevolg van onwetendheid. Die gasten snappen de eigen culture geschiedenis niet eens. Dus dan ruk je het gouden deel van het beeld af.
Baat 't niet, schaadt 't niet. Dus slikken, kreng.
Dat is ook niet gek met zoveel armoede. Er zijn maar zat egyptenaren die nog nooit in museum zijn binnen geweest. Of die er ook maar iets van weten. Je kunt het ze niet kwalijk nemen.quote:
Vernieling is het gevolg van onwetendheid. Die gasten snappen de eigen culture geschiedenis niet eens. Dus dan ruk je het gouden deel van het beeld af.
Hoewel ik er soms wel beetje bedroefd van word.
En dan zeggen dat alle tieners in Nederland cultuurbarbaren zijn!quote:
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Dat is ook niet gek met zoveel armoede. Er zijn maar zat egyptenaren die nog nooit in museum zijn binnen geweest. Of die er ook maar iets van weten. Je kunt het ze niet kwalijk nemen.
Hoewel ik er soms wel beetje bedroefd van word.
AFCA CBS
Het heeft ook wel weer wat. Dit hoort bij dat wat de historie wordt op termijn. Een wereldgeschiedenis zonder indrukwekkende gebeurtenissen is wat mij betreft veel minder interessant. Stel je nou eens voor dat alles al zo'n 50000 jaar op rolletjes had gelopen... Ik vind het afgrijzen in dit topic eigenlijk vrij decadent, alsof het de materiële erfenis is wat de cultuur vormt.
Het is wereld erfgoed en mijn achter achter achter achterkleinkinderen moeten ook de kans hebben dat zelf te ervaren.quote:Op woensdag 2 februari 2011 21:34 schreef Bolkesteijn het volgende:
Het heeft ook wel weer wat. Dit hoort bij dat wat de historie wordt op termijn. Een wereldgeschiedenis zonder indrukwekkende gebeurtenissen is wat mij betreft veel minder interessant. Stel je nou eens voor dat alles al zo'n 50000 jaar op rolletjes had gelopen... Ik vind het afgrijzen in dit topic eigenlijk vrij decadent, alsof het de materiële erfenis is wat de cultuur vormt.
Er schijnen vandaag opnieuw plunderingen te zijn geweest.
Ook zijn er brandbommen naar binnen gegooid. Het leger heeft die meteen uitgemaakt.
Wat storend is is dat er pro-mubarak mensen vanaf het dak van het museum stonden te schieten.
Delen van het dak zijn van glas. En dus zijn ze waarschijnlijk ook weer binnen geweest.
Ook zijn er brandbommen naar binnen gegooid. Het leger heeft die meteen uitgemaakt.
Wat storend is is dat er pro-mubarak mensen vanaf het dak van het museum stonden te schieten.
Delen van het dak zijn van glas. En dus zijn ze waarschijnlijk ook weer binnen geweest.
De eerste kwamen ze zelfs naar binnen via het dak. Maar ik dacht dat het leger vandaag de hele dag in het museum zat en dat ze alleen vanaf de omringende daken gooiden?
Mary had a little lamb
Then Mary had dessert
Then Mary had dessert
Ik zag het al voor me gisteren toen ik dit las.. Pro-Mubarak mensen die met hun net geroofde beelden over straat gooien 
Wat gewoon is voor de spin, is chaos voor de vlieg.
En kapotte mummie, heb even vergeleken en het is niet Ramses II en ook niet Nefertiti
De Tut vleugel, dat kleine gele stipje achterin is Tut's masker
Wat zien we op die laatste foto? Is dat een leeggehaalde vitrine of is die vrouw gewoon een foto aan het maken van dat object daarbovenop? Die vitrine lijkt compleet leeg maar onbeschadigd, in ieder geval geen 'gewoon' vandalisme dus.
Mary had a little lamb
Then Mary had dessert
Then Mary had dessert
Kut kan de foto ff niet vinden dat ding is onderdeel van een staf of zoiets. Er stonden er meerdere van in Tutanckamons graf. Die stonden volgens mij niet in een vitrine.quote:
Wat zien we op die laatste foto? Is dat een leeggehaalde vitrine of is die vrouw gewoon een foto aan het maken van dat object daarbovenop? Die vitrine lijkt compleet leeg maar onbeschadigd, in ieder geval geen 'gewoon' vandalisme dus.
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Ok, het ging dus idd om wat op de vitrine lag, niet of er al dan niet wat in lag. Dank je.quote:
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Kut kan de foto ff niet vinden dat ding is onderdeel van een staf of zoiets. Er stonden er meerdere van in Tutanckamons graf. Die stonden volgens mij niet in een vitrine.
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Mary had a little lamb
Then Mary had dessert
Then Mary had dessert
Hier is een filmpje van op youtube:
Ik heb geen idee wat er normaal gesproken in de vitrines ligt, maar het lijkt er inderdaad op dat er niet veel is meegenomen, eigenlijk vooral vandalisme. De vitrines zijn wel kapot, maar er zijn weinig objecten kapot gemaakt.
Ik heb geen idee wat er normaal gesproken in de vitrines ligt, maar het lijkt er inderdaad op dat er niet veel is meegenomen, eigenlijk vooral vandalisme. De vitrines zijn wel kapot, maar er zijn weinig objecten kapot gemaakt.
Wat gewoon is voor de spin, is chaos voor de vlieg.
Status van Zahi:
The Sphinx is Sad
I would like to once again highlight a few important facts:
1. The two mummies that were reported as damaged at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo were in fact unidentified skulls dating to the Late Period; these two skulls are NOT royal mummies. These skulls were being temporarily housed in the storage room next to the CT scanner lab, which is in the grounds of the museum. The skulls were there to be used to test the CT scanner, and when they were retrieved from the looters, they were in the same condition that they had been in when they were originally placed in the storage room.
2. A reporter with National Geographic news wrote an article, which claimed I had said that the open-air museum of Memphis had been emptied of its antiquities. This claim is completely untrue. The site of Memphis, like all the other sites in Egypt, is safe and has not been looted. This reporter also claimed that a wooden boat, over 4,000 years old, housed in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, was damaged, this is also untrue. I would like to point out that none of the wooden boats in the museum are over 4,000 years old. Due to this reporter’s inability to check facts, I have contacted the head of National Geographic to look into this situation further.
3. The tomb of Maia in Saqqara is safe. Reports that it, and other tombs such as those belonging to the Two Brothers, Mereruka and Tiye, had been damaged were proven inaccurate when I sent Dr. Sabri Abdel Aziz, the Head of the Pharaonic Sector of the Ministry of Antiquities, to check them. Dr. Sabri confirmed that the tomb of Maia has not suffered any type of damage, nor did any other tomb in Saqqara suffer any damage. I believe this is because the tombs are very dark at night, and the looters, who were likely looking for gold, were frightened and ran away without causing any destruction.
[Late Period skull from the Egyptian Museum (PHOTO: Sandro Vaninni)]
Late Period skull from the Egyptian Museum (PHOTO: Sandro Vaninni)
Late last night I was informed that a water pipe near the conservation labs at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) had broken. Early this morning I went to the GEM, which is located in the shadow of the Great Pyramids if Giza. What we have done there is a miracle; the construction of the conservation labs is amazing, and these labs are connected to the large storage magazines by a tunnel, which then connects directly to the GEM. A soft opening of one gallery is planned for 2012 to show the world that Egypt can protect its monuments. I can already say that it will be the best museum in the world.
Today, I went to the GEM and every member of staff was there, even the cleaning service. The broken pipe caused 10 cm of water to accumulate on the floor of three conservation labs and the storage magazines. What is important for me to tell everyone is that the Siemens Company beautifully secured this area. There is a sensor in the wall that detects humidity levels, and if unsafe levels of humidity are detected, an alarm will ring in the security room. This alarm is exactly how the GEM conservation labs were saved last night. The broken water pipe had nothing to do with the recent events here in Egypt; it was just a normal, unfortunate accident.
When I went to the GEM today to supervise, I was pleased to find that everything was fully under control. I then visited the Great Pyramids of Giza, and found that the pyramids are also fully protected, with soldiers and tanks of the Egyptian army from the top of the plateau all the way down to the Mena House Hotel entrance. I was so sad to see the plateau empty of tourists though; all I could see were the tanks securing the site. Not one tourist was there at the pyramids to enjoy the beautiful and sunny day there was there today, and it was very upsetting for me to see it so empty. In the last week, over one million tourists have left Egypt.
I believe that the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, are the two most important heritage sites in Egypt. The Egyptian Museum has 4,500 objects inside it, including the Tutankhamun artifacts and the royal mummies. The new director of the Egyptian Museum, Tarek El Awady, who I recently appointed, has been staying at the museum for the last two days; he has been sleeping there with his colleagues. Giza has not only the pyramids, but also the Great Sphinx. These are the most important things to save here in Cairo, and we have done this - day by day. The protection of these two sites is very important to me, and that is why the Egyptian army surrounds them both. Not a single thing has been thrown at the museum by the thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square, because these people do not want to damage their cultural heritage.
While in Giza today, I remembered how, in February 1998, the Sphinx lost his right shoulder. The most important 10 years of my life have been spent restoring and protecting the Great Sphinx. This restoration work is special to me because I believe that the Sphinx is keeping watch; he has witnessed the bad days and the good days of Egyptian history. He is not only the guardian of Egypt, but of the whole world. I went to see the Sphinx earlier today, and I felt in my heart that he was sad. I looked carefully into his eyes, and imagined that I saw tears. The Sphinx is sad because of what has happened; Egypt will lose billions and billions of dollars, and for Egypt to recuperate this money it will take at least three years. Today in Tahrir Square there are about 3,000 young people, and I hope they will go home today, so that life in Egypt can go back to normal.
I have three major operation rooms, one in my Zamalek office in Cairo, one in Alexandria in Lower Egypt, and one in Upper Egypt; I receive updates every minute. I have received reports today concerning the monuments in Alexandria: six museums and seven antiquities sites. Mohamed Abdel Maksoud, General Director of Lower Egypt, is in charge of the operation room in Alexandria. There, two of the six museums, the Jewelry Museum and the Alexandria National Museum, were open to the public and the other four, including the Greco-Roman Museum, the Marine Museum, and the Mosaic Museum, are under development. All of the museums in Alexandria are safe and secure. We also have seven archaeological sites that were open to the public before 25 January 2011. All are completely secure: Qaitbey Fort, the Necropolis of Anfushi, Chatby Necropolis, Kom El-Shuqafa, Pompey’s Pillar, and the Roman amphitheater (or Kom el-Dikka) are all completely protected by Egyptian security forces and the army.
Last night, the operation room here in Zamalek received a message that people tried to attack the storage magazine of Tell el Fara’in, built in Desouk, Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate. Thank God that the people of the village and the security staff of the Ministry of Antiquities were able to catch two of the thieves, who were brought to the mayor’s house and turned over to the Tourist Police. This event proves to me that the forty-seven storage magazines that I built over the last nine years do protect the Egyptian monuments. Many of my foreign colleagues will remember that the old style storage rooms that protected antiquities were primitive. The site of Saqqara used to have those primitive magazines, and people would attempt to dig underneath them in order to steal objects. The new magazines, built all over Egypt, are completely secure with modern equipment and conservation rooms, and we started a database for all museums and magazines. It is easy to recognize the benefits of building these new storage magazines. They are really some of the most beautiful projects in Egypt, because for the first time we can see the benefits in every village and governorate from Aswan to the Sinai. I am very proud of that these storage magazines, all similar to one another, are proving to be so beneficial in this time of crisis.
I want to repeat that not one single thing has happened to any site in Luxor, Aswan, Dendera, Abydos, Beni Hasan, Tuna el- Gebel, Beni Suef, Fayoum, Amarna, or any sites in any of the governorates of Middle or Lower Egypt.
Further information:
The State of Egyptian Antiquities- 4 February 2011
February 2, 2011 - The State of Egyptian Antiquities
Meghan Strong's blog
http://www.drhawass.com/b(...)t%27s+new%3F+Feed%29
The Sphinx is Sad
I would like to once again highlight a few important facts:
1. The two mummies that were reported as damaged at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo were in fact unidentified skulls dating to the Late Period; these two skulls are NOT royal mummies. These skulls were being temporarily housed in the storage room next to the CT scanner lab, which is in the grounds of the museum. The skulls were there to be used to test the CT scanner, and when they were retrieved from the looters, they were in the same condition that they had been in when they were originally placed in the storage room.
2. A reporter with National Geographic news wrote an article, which claimed I had said that the open-air museum of Memphis had been emptied of its antiquities. This claim is completely untrue. The site of Memphis, like all the other sites in Egypt, is safe and has not been looted. This reporter also claimed that a wooden boat, over 4,000 years old, housed in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, was damaged, this is also untrue. I would like to point out that none of the wooden boats in the museum are over 4,000 years old. Due to this reporter’s inability to check facts, I have contacted the head of National Geographic to look into this situation further.
3. The tomb of Maia in Saqqara is safe. Reports that it, and other tombs such as those belonging to the Two Brothers, Mereruka and Tiye, had been damaged were proven inaccurate when I sent Dr. Sabri Abdel Aziz, the Head of the Pharaonic Sector of the Ministry of Antiquities, to check them. Dr. Sabri confirmed that the tomb of Maia has not suffered any type of damage, nor did any other tomb in Saqqara suffer any damage. I believe this is because the tombs are very dark at night, and the looters, who were likely looking for gold, were frightened and ran away without causing any destruction.
[Late Period skull from the Egyptian Museum (PHOTO: Sandro Vaninni)]
Late Period skull from the Egyptian Museum (PHOTO: Sandro Vaninni)
Late last night I was informed that a water pipe near the conservation labs at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) had broken. Early this morning I went to the GEM, which is located in the shadow of the Great Pyramids if Giza. What we have done there is a miracle; the construction of the conservation labs is amazing, and these labs are connected to the large storage magazines by a tunnel, which then connects directly to the GEM. A soft opening of one gallery is planned for 2012 to show the world that Egypt can protect its monuments. I can already say that it will be the best museum in the world.
Today, I went to the GEM and every member of staff was there, even the cleaning service. The broken pipe caused 10 cm of water to accumulate on the floor of three conservation labs and the storage magazines. What is important for me to tell everyone is that the Siemens Company beautifully secured this area. There is a sensor in the wall that detects humidity levels, and if unsafe levels of humidity are detected, an alarm will ring in the security room. This alarm is exactly how the GEM conservation labs were saved last night. The broken water pipe had nothing to do with the recent events here in Egypt; it was just a normal, unfortunate accident.
When I went to the GEM today to supervise, I was pleased to find that everything was fully under control. I then visited the Great Pyramids of Giza, and found that the pyramids are also fully protected, with soldiers and tanks of the Egyptian army from the top of the plateau all the way down to the Mena House Hotel entrance. I was so sad to see the plateau empty of tourists though; all I could see were the tanks securing the site. Not one tourist was there at the pyramids to enjoy the beautiful and sunny day there was there today, and it was very upsetting for me to see it so empty. In the last week, over one million tourists have left Egypt.
I believe that the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, are the two most important heritage sites in Egypt. The Egyptian Museum has 4,500 objects inside it, including the Tutankhamun artifacts and the royal mummies. The new director of the Egyptian Museum, Tarek El Awady, who I recently appointed, has been staying at the museum for the last two days; he has been sleeping there with his colleagues. Giza has not only the pyramids, but also the Great Sphinx. These are the most important things to save here in Cairo, and we have done this - day by day. The protection of these two sites is very important to me, and that is why the Egyptian army surrounds them both. Not a single thing has been thrown at the museum by the thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square, because these people do not want to damage their cultural heritage.
While in Giza today, I remembered how, in February 1998, the Sphinx lost his right shoulder. The most important 10 years of my life have been spent restoring and protecting the Great Sphinx. This restoration work is special to me because I believe that the Sphinx is keeping watch; he has witnessed the bad days and the good days of Egyptian history. He is not only the guardian of Egypt, but of the whole world. I went to see the Sphinx earlier today, and I felt in my heart that he was sad. I looked carefully into his eyes, and imagined that I saw tears. The Sphinx is sad because of what has happened; Egypt will lose billions and billions of dollars, and for Egypt to recuperate this money it will take at least three years. Today in Tahrir Square there are about 3,000 young people, and I hope they will go home today, so that life in Egypt can go back to normal.
I have three major operation rooms, one in my Zamalek office in Cairo, one in Alexandria in Lower Egypt, and one in Upper Egypt; I receive updates every minute. I have received reports today concerning the monuments in Alexandria: six museums and seven antiquities sites. Mohamed Abdel Maksoud, General Director of Lower Egypt, is in charge of the operation room in Alexandria. There, two of the six museums, the Jewelry Museum and the Alexandria National Museum, were open to the public and the other four, including the Greco-Roman Museum, the Marine Museum, and the Mosaic Museum, are under development. All of the museums in Alexandria are safe and secure. We also have seven archaeological sites that were open to the public before 25 January 2011. All are completely secure: Qaitbey Fort, the Necropolis of Anfushi, Chatby Necropolis, Kom El-Shuqafa, Pompey’s Pillar, and the Roman amphitheater (or Kom el-Dikka) are all completely protected by Egyptian security forces and the army.
Last night, the operation room here in Zamalek received a message that people tried to attack the storage magazine of Tell el Fara’in, built in Desouk, Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate. Thank God that the people of the village and the security staff of the Ministry of Antiquities were able to catch two of the thieves, who were brought to the mayor’s house and turned over to the Tourist Police. This event proves to me that the forty-seven storage magazines that I built over the last nine years do protect the Egyptian monuments. Many of my foreign colleagues will remember that the old style storage rooms that protected antiquities were primitive. The site of Saqqara used to have those primitive magazines, and people would attempt to dig underneath them in order to steal objects. The new magazines, built all over Egypt, are completely secure with modern equipment and conservation rooms, and we started a database for all museums and magazines. It is easy to recognize the benefits of building these new storage magazines. They are really some of the most beautiful projects in Egypt, because for the first time we can see the benefits in every village and governorate from Aswan to the Sinai. I am very proud of that these storage magazines, all similar to one another, are proving to be so beneficial in this time of crisis.
I want to repeat that not one single thing has happened to any site in Luxor, Aswan, Dendera, Abydos, Beni Hasan, Tuna el- Gebel, Beni Suef, Fayoum, Amarna, or any sites in any of the governorates of Middle or Lower Egypt.
Further information:
The State of Egyptian Antiquities- 4 February 2011
February 2, 2011 - The State of Egyptian Antiquities
Meghan Strong's blog
http://www.drhawass.com/b(...)t%27s+new%3F+Feed%29
http://www.nu.nl/egypte/2(...)o-gerestaureerd.html
Gelukkig is er niks weg. Dat museum alleen al is een reden om terug te gaan naar Caïro.
Gelukkig is er niks weg. Dat museum alleen al is een reden om terug te gaan naar Caïro.
http://www.drhawass.com/b(...)t%27s+new%3F+Feed%29quote:The restoration of the damaged objects at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Today I would like to discuss, in detail, some of the objects that were broken at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. In front of the Amarna galleries, on the first floor of the museum, there is a vitrine that holds a small statue of Akhenaten wearing the blue crown and holding an offering table. This vitrine was smashed, and the statue sustained minor damage; this is the first object that will be cleaned and restored.
[Dr. Zahi Hawass and Christopher Rhoads, from the Wall Street Journal, stand in front of the damaged vitrine containing the walking sticks and gilded fan head of Tutankhamun. (PHOTO: Sandro Vannini)]
Dr. Zahi Hawass and Christopher Rhoads, from the Wall Street Journal, stand in front of the damaged vitrine containing the walking sticks and gilded fan head of Tutankhamun. (PHOTO: Sandro Vannini)
Upstairs, in front of the room that holds the golden mask of Tutankhamun, a vitrine containing two walking sticks and the head of a gilded fan belonging to the king. One stick was stripped of its thin gold sheeting when it was thrown on the floor, but it can be restored. This case, and the one containing the statue of Tutankamun standing on a panther, were the only Tutankhamun cases that suffered from any damage. I carefully rechecked all the other vitrines in the Tutankhamun galleries, and I would like to assure the world that they are safe and untouched.
[Dr. Zahi standing in front of the Anubis Shrine in the Tutankhamun galleries in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. (PHOTO: Sandro Vannini)]
Dr. Zahi standing in front of the Anubis Shrine in the Tutankhamun galleries in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. (PHOTO: Sandro Vannini)
The New Kingdom coffin that was damaged by the criminals can easily be restored. These people were searching for mummies in the hopes that they would find gold and red mercury, believed by some people to have magical properties. I think that this shows the ignorance of the thieves.
[Dr. Zahi in front of the smashed vitrine containing the New Kingdom coffin that was damaged by thieves on 28 January 2011. (PHOTO: Sandro Vannini)] I have received many queries on the members of Akhenatens family. While at the museum yesterday, I made sure to visit the mummies of Akhenaten (the mummy from KV55), Queen Tiye (also known as the Elder Lady from KV35), and the mother of Tutankhamun (also known as the Younger Lady from KV35). These three mummies are housed in vitrines next to the second royal mummy room on the west side of the museum, and were not touched or damaged by the looters. They are completely safe.
The museum staff and I have begun to replace the broken vitrines, and to clean the museum and the new bookshop; we are working hard to prepare the museum for its reopening.
Van Zahi Hawass
Restoration continues at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo
I would like to begin by apologizing for not posting a statement yesterday; I gave several interviews from the conservation lab at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo in the morning, and had to attend a cabinet meeting in the afternoon that lasted most of the day.
[Dr. Zahi standing in front of objects in the conservation lab in the Egyptian Mueum, Cairo. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)]
Dr. Zahi standing in front of objects in the conservation lab in the Egyptian Mueum, Cairo. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)
The conservation lab team has divided the objects affected by the disturbances in the Museum two weeks ago into several groups depending on their nature and damage sustained. The first group contains pieces that are all in good condition and do not need any restoration work. Most, if not all, of these objects date to the Late Period. The second group contains objects that need minor restoration work. Some of the pieces in this group include statues of gods and goddess in good condition, and a faience vase with one piece broken off; this vase has already been repaired. The third group includes the pieces of the broken statue of Tutankhamun standing on a panther. This beautiful statue of gilded wood displays the standing king wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt, holding a flail in his right hand, and a staff in his left. The statue seems to have been used to smash other showcases, and unfortunately the left arm, holding the staff, has been broken off. The panther is broken at the legs, and its tail and right ear have also been broken. Much of the gilding from the statue has also been broken off. I am happy to say, despite the extent of the damage, that this can be restored in a few days time. The fourth group contains the damaged mummy bands of Thuya. Thuya and her husband Yuya were the parents of Queen Tiye, and the great-grandparents of Tutankhamun. Thuya’s mummy bands are gilded cartonnage, and thankfully, only one section was damaged. The upper part of one god was broken off the open work of the bands, but luckily no other damage was sustained. This object can be restored very quickly. The fifth group of objects includes statues and shabtis belonging to Yuya and Thuya and some dating to the Late Period. All of these objects are currently undergoing restoration. The final group includes the pieces belonging to a wooden boat model and pieces from the model troop of Nubian archers, both dating to the Middle Kingdom. These objects will also be able to undergo a full restoration.
[A restorator working on the statue of Tutankhamun standing on a panther. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)]
A restorator working on the statue of Tutankhamun standing on a panther. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)
I was able to visit the conservation lab at the Egyptian Museum yesterday with several members of the world wide press including, NBC News for the Today Show, ABC World News, Reuters, Associated Press, and journalists from Sweden, Japan, and Italy. I was pleased to show them the progress being made in the conservation lab, as well as the new showcases and the repaired New Kingdom coffin lid.
I spoke with Dr. Tarek El Awady, director of the Egyptian Museum, Dr. Yasmin el Shazly, head of documentation at the Museum, and database team; I have asked them to do a final check of the objects in the museum and the conservation lab against the database and prepare a report for me on Sunday. This report will confirm whether or not any objects have been taken from the museum.
Yesterday was the first time, since this crisis began, that I was able to take the time to closely examine each item that was damaged during the museum’s break in on Friday, 28 January, 2011. I also took time to speak to the commanders of the police and army stationed at the museum, and I asked them to update me on their investigations. I have heard so many differing stories about how the break in occurred, so I felt it was necessary to confirm the details with the police and army.
The information I have previously posted here on my website is very close to what the officers told me yesterday. At this point, the officers are not clear on exactly how many of the criminals actually entered into the museum, but ten people have been in custody since 28 January. One of these ten criminals was actually captured inside of the museum. This is the criminal I met when I arrived at the museum on the morning of Saturday, 29 January. In fact, he was still handcuffed to the iron bars of the exit doors to the new museum bookshop when I got there! This young criminal told me he had done nothing wrong; when I asked why he broke into the museum he began to cry and said, “They told me to.” I hope he will give the officers a detailed report of what had happened inside the museum.
[Damaged Middle Kingdom wooden boat model. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)]
Damaged Middle Kingdom wooden boat model. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)
While at the museum, I went and stood under the window that had been broken by the criminals. The distance between the window in the roof and the floor is nearly 30 feet! It seems that one of the criminals fell from the roof and landed on a glass case, so it was no surprise when we found blood on the floor throughout the museum. This trail of blood was helpful for the investigation, as it clearly showed which galleries the criminal had entered.
I received a report from the chief of the tourist police that criminals had entered the storage magazine in Tuna el Gebel. This report indicated that two mummies, dating to the Roman Period, were missing. However, the curator has also sent me a report saying that nothing actually happened at the magazine. I hope to receive further information on this matter very soon.
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Restoration continues at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo
I would like to begin by apologizing for not posting a statement yesterday; I gave several interviews from the conservation lab at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo in the morning, and had to attend a cabinet meeting in the afternoon that lasted most of the day.
[Dr. Zahi standing in front of objects in the conservation lab in the Egyptian Mueum, Cairo. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)]
Dr. Zahi standing in front of objects in the conservation lab in the Egyptian Mueum, Cairo. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)
The conservation lab team has divided the objects affected by the disturbances in the Museum two weeks ago into several groups depending on their nature and damage sustained. The first group contains pieces that are all in good condition and do not need any restoration work. Most, if not all, of these objects date to the Late Period. The second group contains objects that need minor restoration work. Some of the pieces in this group include statues of gods and goddess in good condition, and a faience vase with one piece broken off; this vase has already been repaired. The third group includes the pieces of the broken statue of Tutankhamun standing on a panther. This beautiful statue of gilded wood displays the standing king wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt, holding a flail in his right hand, and a staff in his left. The statue seems to have been used to smash other showcases, and unfortunately the left arm, holding the staff, has been broken off. The panther is broken at the legs, and its tail and right ear have also been broken. Much of the gilding from the statue has also been broken off. I am happy to say, despite the extent of the damage, that this can be restored in a few days time. The fourth group contains the damaged mummy bands of Thuya. Thuya and her husband Yuya were the parents of Queen Tiye, and the great-grandparents of Tutankhamun. Thuya’s mummy bands are gilded cartonnage, and thankfully, only one section was damaged. The upper part of one god was broken off the open work of the bands, but luckily no other damage was sustained. This object can be restored very quickly. The fifth group of objects includes statues and shabtis belonging to Yuya and Thuya and some dating to the Late Period. All of these objects are currently undergoing restoration. The final group includes the pieces belonging to a wooden boat model and pieces from the model troop of Nubian archers, both dating to the Middle Kingdom. These objects will also be able to undergo a full restoration.
[A restorator working on the statue of Tutankhamun standing on a panther. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)]
A restorator working on the statue of Tutankhamun standing on a panther. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)
I was able to visit the conservation lab at the Egyptian Museum yesterday with several members of the world wide press including, NBC News for the Today Show, ABC World News, Reuters, Associated Press, and journalists from Sweden, Japan, and Italy. I was pleased to show them the progress being made in the conservation lab, as well as the new showcases and the repaired New Kingdom coffin lid.
I spoke with Dr. Tarek El Awady, director of the Egyptian Museum, Dr. Yasmin el Shazly, head of documentation at the Museum, and database team; I have asked them to do a final check of the objects in the museum and the conservation lab against the database and prepare a report for me on Sunday. This report will confirm whether or not any objects have been taken from the museum.
Yesterday was the first time, since this crisis began, that I was able to take the time to closely examine each item that was damaged during the museum’s break in on Friday, 28 January, 2011. I also took time to speak to the commanders of the police and army stationed at the museum, and I asked them to update me on their investigations. I have heard so many differing stories about how the break in occurred, so I felt it was necessary to confirm the details with the police and army.
The information I have previously posted here on my website is very close to what the officers told me yesterday. At this point, the officers are not clear on exactly how many of the criminals actually entered into the museum, but ten people have been in custody since 28 January. One of these ten criminals was actually captured inside of the museum. This is the criminal I met when I arrived at the museum on the morning of Saturday, 29 January. In fact, he was still handcuffed to the iron bars of the exit doors to the new museum bookshop when I got there! This young criminal told me he had done nothing wrong; when I asked why he broke into the museum he began to cry and said, “They told me to.” I hope he will give the officers a detailed report of what had happened inside the museum.
[Damaged Middle Kingdom wooden boat model. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)]
Damaged Middle Kingdom wooden boat model. (PHOTO: Stephanie Sakoutis)
While at the museum, I went and stood under the window that had been broken by the criminals. The distance between the window in the roof and the floor is nearly 30 feet! It seems that one of the criminals fell from the roof and landed on a glass case, so it was no surprise when we found blood on the floor throughout the museum. This trail of blood was helpful for the investigation, as it clearly showed which galleries the criminal had entered.
I received a report from the chief of the tourist police that criminals had entered the storage magazine in Tuna el Gebel. This report indicated that two mummies, dating to the Roman Period, were missing. However, the curator has also sent me a report saying that nothing actually happened at the magazine. I hope to receive further information on this matter very soon.
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Hoeven niet perse de pro-Mubarak luitjes te zijn geweest. Veel mensen zijn uitgebuit en leefden in absolute armoede, het is wel voor te stellen dat men probeert te overleven en dat dit soort dingen gebeuren.quote:
Ik zag het al voor me gisteren toen ik dit las.. Pro-Mubarak mensen die met hun net geroofde beelden over straat gooien
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