Al-Ahram Weekly Online   24 January - 2 February 2011
Issue No. 1036
Heritage
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Saving history for posterity
While many of the artefacts believed looted from the Egyptian Museum three weeks ago have been recovered, sites and storehouses in other parts of the country have not escaped so lightly. Nevine El-Aref reports on the theft that never was and a sudden chance for tomb robbers
No case to answer
Zahi Hawass says allegations that he smuggled Egyptian heirlooms out of the country have been made up by a disgruntled antiquities employee, writes Nevine El-Aref
Archaeologists dig up a better deal
The demands by protesters who recently picketed the front door of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs have been settled, Nevine El-Aref reports

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