Funky Tut.
Posted on 02/13/2011 12:53:55 PM PST by fightinJAG
BREAKING - Looters who raided Egypt's famed museum during the unrest that toppled Hosni Mubarak have hauled off a trove of ancient treasures, including a statue of King Tutankhamun, officials said.
The plundered artefacts include a gilded wooden statue showing the boy pharaoh being carried by a goddess, and parts of another statue of him harpooning fish, the minister of state for antiquities, Zahi Hawass, said.
Looters broke into the museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 28 when anti-Mubarak protesters drove his despised police from the streets in a series of clashes and torched the adjacent ruling party headquarters.
Museum director Tarek al-Awadi said looters went on a rampage, shattering 13 display cases and at least 70 artefacts.
He said curators were still carrying out an inventory to determine the extent of the losses.
The missing pieces include a limestone statue of Pharaoh Akhenaten holding an offering table, a statue of Queen Nefertiti making offerings and a sandstone head of a princess from Amarna, a vast archaeological site in central Egypt.
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These looters have nothin` in common with Tutankhamun
0bama should be so proud.
0bama should be so proud.
Yes, it is quite likely that the Sphinx will be dynamited or shot with cannons. They may not do it immediately out of political considerations, but it's on the agenda.
Remember Bamiyan.
The crowds at a ‘Tea Party’ event always leave the grounds in better shape. I’m pretty sure this is something different.
There was a hot thread yesterday about Yale returning artifacts “stolen” from Machu Pikachu (sp) and whether white people do a better job of preserving artifacts than the natives. I guess we know the answer.
Was Looter guy or Cigar guy stealing from King tut
What do you bet it ends up in Russia with that little giraffe.
Obama’s fault.
Note: this topic is from 2/13/2011. Thanks fightinJAG.
I thought Putin was short
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