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2.2.11

Declaración del Ministro de Antigüedades egipcias Zahi Hawass

Ciudadanos egipcios protegen el Museo Egipcio de El Cairo de los descontrolados y saqueadores

Debido al curso de los acontecimientos en Egipto me veo obligado a solidarizarme e incluso congraciarme con Zahi Hawass, quien fue nombrado esta semana Ministro de Antigüedades, cargo que absorberá las funciones que ya venía realizando desde el notorio y mediático Consejo Supremo de Antigüedades egipcias. En todo caso, visto el estado de turbulencia social del pais, y los riesgos de que descontrolados o saqueadores aprovechen la ocasión para privarnos de parte de nuestro patrimonio arqueológico, me hago eco aquí de la declaración del Sr. Hawass, transmitiendo tranquilidad sobre el buen estado de museos y yacimientos, y elogiando el papel de la defensa ciudadana de los mismos...
I would like to tell the people, all over the world, the good news: the storage magazine that was looted in Qantara, in the Sinai, has had 288 objects returned! I cannot say exactly how many objects were lost, but it seems that the majority of what was stolen has been returned.
I would like to say that we were afraid that sites around Alexandria were robbed, but the military is now protecting them all. Also, the site of San el-Hagar in the Delta, where important 21st and 22nd Dynasty tombs are located, is being protected by the local Egyptians. More good news comes from Saqqara, where a committee reported that, although outlaws did open the padlocks of tombs there, they did not enter the tombs or cause any damage; everything is safe. The Egyptian Museum, Cairo, is fine, too. A total of seventy objects have been broken, but the museum was dark and the nine robbers did not recognise the value of what was in the vitrines. They opened thirteen cases, threw the seventy objects on the ground and broke them, including one Tutankhamun case, from which they broke the statue of the king on a panther. However, the broken objects can all be restored, and we will begin the restoration process this week.
The commanders of the army are now protecting the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and all of the major sites of Egypt (Luxor, Aswan, Saqqara, and the pyramids of Giza) are safe. The twenty-four museums in Egypt, including the Coptic and Islamic museums in Cairo, are all safe, as well. I would like to say that I am very happy to see that the Egyptian people, young and old, stood as one person against the escaped prisoners to protect monuments all over the country. The monuments are safe because of both the army and the ordinary people.
Some foreigners think Egypt is not interested in protecting our monuments and museums, but that is not true, at all. Egypt has 5,000 years of civilisation, and we love our heritage. I want to send a message to the people of Egypt: all of you are responsible, to ultimately be judged by your own history, to protect your monuments, and should not permit ignorance or outlaws to damage our history – it is the most important thing we own. I am sure the bells from the churches are ringing now, and the voices from the minarets of mosques are calling, to say that Egypt is a safe place to live.
We all believe Egypt will be safe.


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2 comentarios:

  1. Es la imagen que quería ver; la que me devuelve la confianza en el ser humano. Más allá de las disputas del momento, esta gente ha decidido proteger la memoria de su país. Bravo.

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  2. Una magnífica noticia, muy alentadora. Gracias por acercarla. Y si, como dice Hispa, la imagen es elocuente, bien por esos ciudadanos egipcios!

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