[Empire_of_Liberty]

This is like a time-warp to the early part of my life.

My first thought was of what ancient treasures they could sink beneath a body of water, like Lake Nasser.

[Candor7]

Its simple.....the Egyptians want nuclesr power and the bomb.They know Iran will have such.

As you intimate, the Egyptians do not care about their ancient artifacts, unless the bring in tourists and money.