Sunday 23/Feb/2025 – 02:25 PM
A source in the Supreme Council of Antiquities commented on the incident of Dr. Zahi Hawas on breaking an archaeological statue during his filming of a video in the Saqqarah Archeology area.
The source said, in exclusive statements to Cairo 24, that the statue is dilapidated and after the fracture was transferred to Saqqara stores for its restoration, explaining that this incident occurred last December, and occurred in the area of the bridges of the manager, and the statue was found in a small Nisha in the wall and at Its extraction is a simple fracture, because it is a dilapidated statue, as well as the condition of the walls dilapidated because it is the wall of my child.
Regarding the investigation of this incident, the source explained that until now there are no investigations from the archaeological area; This is due to the fact that Dr. Zahi Hawas has approvals to work from the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and he is also the head of the archaeological mission in Saqqara.
He destroyed an archaeological statue .. Mustafa Bakri submits a briefing to the Minister of Antiquities because of Zahi Hawas
Today, Sunday, Representative Mustafa Bakri submitted a briefing directed to Sharif Fathi, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, about the destruction of one of the statues in the Saqqara area, calling for a discussion of the attached briefing request about the destruction of a statue in the Saqqara tourist area, and directed to the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and the extent of the responsibility of the mission working on the discovery About it.
Bakri said: The Egyptian public opinion was surprised by a video spread on social media, announcing a large archaeological discovery in one of Saqqara cemetery, where this statue dates back to the era of the Fifth Dynasty of the era of the old state, that is, about 4,300 years ago .. The loud surprise was that and during The destroying of the Al -Nish Al -Hahti in Al -Qadum, by Dr. Zahi Hawas, the well -known archaeologist, broke the white veil worn by the statue, specifically in the lower part of it.
He explained: Note that Article 42 of the Antiquities Protection Law No. 117 of 1983 and its amendments states that the penalty is imprisonment for a period of no less than 3 years and not more than 7 years and a fine of no less than 500 thousand pounds and not exceeding one million pounds, for everyone who demolished or I deliberately destroy a transferred, steady, tired, or not, or deliberately separate part of it.
He pointed out that in light of the state of confusion and shock, Dr. Zahi Hawas grabbed the broken nickname of the statue in front of the camera.
