EGYPTIAN
ARCHAEOLOGY
The torso, legs and mummy wrappings of a burial exposed by looters in the northern cemetery
(prehistoric to Ottoman Period) materials from Egypt. Meanwhile, a new grassroots movement that employs social media and organises local groups is now establishing itself in Egypt. Its goals include protecting heritage sites and preventing their destruction, documenting damage where it does occur, and in general raising awareness of the uniqueness and importance of Egypt’s cultural heritage. A host of Facebook sites promoting cultural heritage preservation have sprung up and Monica Hanna, a young Egyptian scholar, has emerged as a local champion and prime mover for this grassroots movement. She founded the ‘Egypt’s Heritage Task Force’ page on Facebook (http://tinyurl.com/ mz8yylb) and has over 30,000 followers on Twitter. As Egypt moves forward with elections and a new government, we and the rest of the world are hopeful that the MSA and the new grassroots organisations can work together as powerful colleagues to end the heritage destruction in Egypt.
The façade of a tomb in the northern cemetery, with its uraeus frieze exposed by looters q Carol Redmount is Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology in the Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, and Curator of Egyptian Archaeology at the University’s Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology. She would like to thank: Mohammed Ibrahim (former Minister for Antiquities), Nadia Ashour (Director, Beni Suef Inspectorate) and Atef Helmy (Manager, MSA magazine at Ehnasya el-Medina) for permission and facilities to undertake the 2012 season; MSA Inspector, Rabee Akl, and the staff of the American Research Center in Egypt Cairo office, especially Amira Khattab. Illustrations © the El-Hibeh Project unless otherwise indicated.
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