Men carrying out illegal excavation work found the remains of an Egyptian temple from the reign of New Kingdom King Tuthmose III
Posted on 11/02/2014 7:40:05 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Seven residents of a Giza district have been arrested after they illegally excavated the area beneath their home and found the remains of an ancient Egyptian temple.
The huge limestone blocks, engraved with hieroglyphic texts, date from the reign of the New Kingdom's King Tuthmose III, and were found in the Hod Zeleikha area of Al-Badrasheen district.
The find was made two weeks ago, according to Major General Momtaz Fathi, an aide to the interior ministry and a director in the tourism police.
A unit from the tourism and antiquities police heard of the illegal excavation work and arrested the seven men – two of whom are Palestinian, Fathi said.
The police also found diving costumes, oxygen cylinders and diving masks with the detainees.
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damaty said that the unearthed blocks are genuine and belong to a huge temple from the reign of King Tuthmose III.
Seven reliefs and two marble columns were unearthed along with a huge red-granite armless colossus of a seated person, El-Damaty.
The items have been brought to the Saqqara site for restoration and further study, the minister said, adding that the Hod Zeleikha area has now been declared an archeological site and under the control of the ministry in order carry out more surveys nearby and unearth more of the temple.
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Men carrying out illegal excavation work found the remains of an Egyptian temple from the reign of New Kingdom King Tuthmose III
Two of the seven are "Palestinian".
I don’t get what was actually illegal.
Just the act of digging?
The act of digging with the intent of finding?
The find itself?
The shovels themselves (possibly unregistered)?
What did they actually do wrong and at what point did what they do become wrong?
“Palestinians,” eh? Were Santa Clause, Nessie, Big Foot and the Tooth Fairy involved, as well?
I wonder how far down I own the land my house is on.
Impressive!
Cool.
Just more signs of Global Warming.
You need to go to Utah. That place is nuts. Save for years and blow it all there. It doesn’t have enough time for our space. Serious
My property is loaded with Indian artifacts. Over the years I’ve dug a hole or three - or six or twelve. I forgot to ask the state for permission each time.
I will give it a try, thanks.
Indiana: Here, take this,
[hands Marion a torch]
Indiana: Wave it at anything that slithers.
Marion: The whole place is slitherin’!
I wonder how far down I own the land my house is on. —
And a Chinese is asking the same question.
Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad caelum et ad inferos (”For whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to Heaven and down to Hell”), goes back to the 13th century. But as far as air rights, 500 feet above any structure is open sky anyone can fly through.
Dr. Hawas will personally whack their peepees for this outrage.
That is a very complex question, which depends upon several factors. Generally speaking:
If it's something valuable under there, you own the surface only.
If it's an "environmental hazard" beneath, then you own as deep as it gets.
I’m reminded of baseball player Matt White finding that his property was sitting on something like a $billion worth of semi-precious rock. He’s managed to extract enough to retire on.
Excellent point!
Visited Utah once. It is indeed beautiful and seems otherworldly, but I have no desire to go back.
Or more briefly, you only own it if no one else wants it.
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