Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Historical door at Giza Pyramids stolen


Al-Masry Al-Youm, "Historical door at Giza Pyramids stolen" January 15, 2018
 A theft was carried out at the Giza Pyramids’ cemetery of builders, which was opened for visitors in November for the first time since its discovery in 1990 by Egyptian archaeologist and former Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass. The incident revealed continued neglect by officials of the Ministry of Antiquities. Although the Antiquities Ministry maintained secrecy regarding the theft, Al-Masry Al-Youm learned from informed sources that the theft included part of the door of the tomb of Nefer Theth [...] the supervisor of the Royal Palace [...] the perpetrator broke a piece of up to 30 centimeters from the door of the tomb.
The only punitive action taken by the Ministry of Antiquities was the transfer of the Director of the Pyramids’ area’s administrative security Mohamed Fatehy Mansour to another post. The perpetrator,  a resident of Nazlet al-Semman area, has been arrested. But even so, the Egyptians obviously cannot look after the cultural property they have and need to allow others to help preserve it for them away from their raghead incompetence.

The tomb itself is discussed here and here.

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