[luvbach1]

I hope the political and religious situation in Egypt doesn’t deteriorate to the point that these discoveries are never fully and integrated with earlier knowledge ... or even worse, that the artifacts are destroyed.

If the worst-of-the-worst terrorists now rampaging Iraq ever get to Egypt they probably would be destroyed. I recall the “moderate” Taliban destroying Buddhist statues.

[Tax-chick]

Yes, they did. And too much of Egyptian archaeology is stuck in Egypt!