Egypt Antiquities Restoration Under Way
Restoration work is under way for antiquities damaged during a looting attempt at Cairo's Egyptian Museum in late January. Museum officials say very little was damaged and that nothing was destroyed or stolen from the museum.
Restoration work is under way for antiquities damaged during a looting attempt at Cairo's Egyptian Museum in late January. Museum officials say very little was damaged and that nothing was destroyed or stolen from the museum.
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More than two weeks after political protests began in Cairo’s Liberation Square, crowds continued to arrive. Located adjacent to the square, Cairo’s Egyptian Museum is at the epicenter of the action.
During the chaotic early days of the demonstrations in late January, looters entered the museum and damaged priceless antiquities.
But restoration work got underway quickly on the objects damaged in the chaos.
SOT Hoda Abd El Hamid, Museum Conservator: “Most of them are in good
