Egyptologists around the world anxiously await news from Cairo. Science Insider reports that the tomb of Maya, King Tut’s wet nurse, may have been destroyed by looters at Saqqara. “We still don’t know the extent of the damage, but things have been bad and out of control,” said an unnamed Western archaeologist.   A law requiring […]

Violence threatens the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. “So far the museum is safe, but we don’t know what’s going to happen, because [the protests] are out of control,” said an unnamed official.   But Egypt’s newly appointed Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass says that the museum and monuments are secure. “I want people to know that […]