Zahi Hawass faxing a blog update to a colleague in Italy

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http://www.drhawass.com/blog/situation-egyptian-antiquities-today

The Situation in Egyptian Antiquities Today
On Friday, January 28, 2011, when the protest marches began in Cairo, I heard that a curfew had been issued that started at 6.00pm on Friday evening until 7.00am on Saturday morning. Unfortunately, on that day the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, was not well guarded. About a thousand people began to jump over the wall on the eastern side of the museum into the courtyard. On the western side of the museum, we recently finished something I was very proud of, a beautiful gift shop, restaurant and cafeteria. The people entered the gift shop and stole all the jewellery and escaped; they thought the shop was the museum, thank God! However, ten people entered the museum when they found the fire exit stairs located at the back of it...

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1. kick

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2. I Love Dr. Zahi Hawass

I'm glad to hear he's OK. I've been wondering how he was doing since all this started.