Sarcophagi buried for 2,500 years unearthed in Saqqara

Re:Sarcophagi buried for 2,500 years unearthed in Saqqara by leptons on Monday September 21, 2020 @12:13AM (#24539731)

It is great that Egypt is fairly stable and takes this stuff seriously, but how much of it is "just business" for Egypt, with the new $500 million (USD) museum being built: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Egyptian_Museum Letting that stuff get stolen is a national tragedy and has a real cost in terms of tourist dollars.

Egypt is a top-of-the-bucket-list destination for me, and I'd spend plenty of money there at that museum and many of the tourist sites (after COVID obviously), if I actually felt safe going there. It still seems a little bit iffy from my american point of view. I haven't researched it in a few years but last time I did it seemed not advisable for Americans to go there.

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Re:Sarcophagi buried for 2,500 years unearthed in Saqqara by gibolt on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:46AM (#24540209)

Exactly what I meant by 'incentivized'. Their marketing is and has been top notch.

Just a little bit less continuous organization over the years and no one would care or everything would be pillaged

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