In Egypt Turmoil, Thieves Hunt Pharaonic Treasures

abcnews.go.com ^ | 5/12/12 | AP/ Hamza Hendawi

[ColdOne]

Taking advantage of Egypt's political upheaval, thieves have gone on a treasure hunt with a spree of illegal digging, preying on the country's ancient pharaonic heritage.

Illegal digs near ancient temples and in isolated desert sites have swelled a staggering 100-fold over the past 16 months

[StormEye]

"Taking advantage of Egypt's political upheaval, thieves have gone on a treasure hunt with a spree of illegal digging, preying on the country's ancient pharaonic heritage. "

Thank Obama and his Democrats for creating this situation which has given Muslim fanatics the opportunity to destroy the artifacts of ancient Egypt.

[SunkenCiv]

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[UCANSEE2]

[TaMoDee]

Wait’ll those Mooselimb clowns blow up the Sphinx and many more of the sites. Can’t have those evil images don’t ya know!

[TaMoDee]

Wait’ll those Mooselimb clowns blow up the Sphinx and many more of the sites. Can’t have those evil images don’t ya know!

[DUMBGRUNT]

They are attempting to get some use from what may soon be government declared ‘idols’.

The tourist will not be back for a long time.

Who wants to see a pyramid covered with wax?

[Repeal The 17th]

Dr. Hawass is gonna be really pissed off...

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

This is why I support the Brits in their keeping the Elgin Marbles and other artifacts from Third World countries. All the “Third Worlders” are are savages with a Western Cell phone!

[SatinDoll]

No, I do not believe destruction of ancient sites by Muslim fanatics is the case here.

What BHO2 has done is to destroy, via the Muslim Brotherhood, any emerging markets and modern economies that existed in northern Africa.

We can expect to see tens of millions of Egyptians, Libyans, and Tunisians starve to death in the next few years. Egypt has been a net importer of food for quite some time, and paid for the imported food with money earned by selling natural gas to the Israelis and tourism. No more. Times are going to be really tough for Egyptians in the future, just like it was under the Caliphs.

The area will be economically devastated and so people will do what they used to do in centuries past - dig up ancient artifacts to sell to whoever has money and wants to buy.