Chain Reaction [nuke plant a shock - rimshot! - to Zahi Hawass]

Egypt Today ^ | January 2007 | unattributed

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News of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy's plan to set up a nuclear power plant in the North Coast Daba'a region has come as a shock to Dr. Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), who identified the area as one recognized in antiquated maps as the site of the ancient city of Zefrium.

According to Hawass, the entire stretch between Alexandria and Marsa Matrouh, including Daba'a, is riddled with ruins covering the Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman eras. The SCA head was also quick to point out that when the Daba'a area was designated as the site for a nuclear power plant in 1980, the paperwork was never cleared with the SCA.

Hawass assures, however, that there is no rift between his council and the ministry, saying that representatives of the SCA had surveyed the area last August in cooperation with the ministry, finding some monuments dating back to the Greco-Roman era.

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Interesting political story which involves ancient stuff. Ping.

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[Little Ray]

Ruin or a nuke plant .... that ain't such a hard choice for me!

[colorado tanker]

Isn't this the terrain where El Alamein was fought?