I'm sure it would be much better protected at the bottom of Lake Nasser, like the scores of known ancient Nubian sites that were flooded by the construction of the Aswan Dam. God only knows what was lost. Or perhaps better off in the Cairo Museum, which is, without question, the most poorly kept museum I have ever been in...and I've been in many. Half the cases are cracked and taped together, without any kind of humidity control, etc., you have items that are 1000s of years old that are readily handled by people, and could be plucked off the walls with the greatest of ease. They even have broken windows, and pigeons flying through the building defecating where they like. The museum is utterly appauling, especially given the treasures inside - many of which can't be seen because of the ruefully inadequate light. You literally need a flashlight. Moreover, the miserable urban hole that is Cairo must be seen to be believed, with mounds of trash and dead animals - including horses - laying in the streets and dumped in canals. The endless expanse of half-finshed shanties now extends immediately next to the Sphinx and pyramids, making the classical scene of the pyramids from the lush Nile marshes only a memory. Of course they are so obscured by smog that they can hardly be appreciated anyway. Cairo is an unimaginable dump and in my opinion, every nation on the earth that has a piece of Egyptian art has absolute moral authority to keep and conserve it given with the Arab Egyptians have done to what remains. An absolute disgrace.
