Sunday 23/Feb/2025 – 01:52 PM
The video of Dr. Zahi Hawas, the Egyptian archaeologist, who is circulating on social media about the detection of an archaeological statue, has sparked widespread controversy during the past few hours, due to a broken statue during its discovery.
Cairo 24 continues with an official source within the Supreme Council of Antiquities, to reveal the details of the entire incident, explaining that this incident occurred during the month of December, and the Saqqara region administration is not the arrest of Dr. Zahi from any work if it is excavations or photography because he has approvals from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, which is Head of an archaeological mission.
The source added, that this incident occurred in the area of the director of the manager’s bridge and the statue was found in a small Nisha in the wall, and when it was extracted a simple fracture because the statue is dilapidated and also the state of the walls dilapidated because it is the wall of my child.
He continued: The statue has no importance and also is a small wooden statue with a simple plaster layer, and it is very dilapidated and despite that it was placed in the store in Saqqara and it is being restored so far, commenting: There are no official investigations into the matter yet.
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.
