Photos of ‘eroded temples’ provoke ire says the Cairo Post - footage has recently circulated on social media showing erosion of stone surface of an ancient Egyptian temple.
The photos show the layers of plaster falling off the walls and columns of two temples; allegedly Madinet Habu and Seti I temples in Egypt’s Luxor. “I am not sure whether the photos are old or new. However, they indicate failure and carelessness of the stakeholders,” Ahmed Shehab, assistant of the head of the Archaeologists Human Rights Care Association posted on his Facebook page Wednesday. He called on the antiquities ministry to issue a statement explaining more details about the issue and immediately embark on restoring the erosion showed at the photos describing the incident as “farce.”This shocking lack of care highlights the idiocy of leaving the world's heritage exclusively in the hands of a bunch of foreigners totally unprepared to look after it properly.
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