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Egyptian Archaeologists Announce Discovery Of Marble Statue & 132New Sites

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                  Egyptian archaeologists announce discovery of marble statue and 132 new sites






From Wikinews
Thursday,
May 14, 2009

Zahi Hawass, Egypt's pre-eminent archaeologist, and Secretary General of the The Supreme Council
of Antiquities has announced that a rare statue constructed of white marble whose features resemble Alexander the Great has been discovered in Egypt. Hawass also stated that there are satellite photographs identifying many archeological sites which may also reveal buried monuments.

 
Stock photo of a bust of Alexander the GreatCalliope Papacosta was leading the Greek archaeological excavation in Alexandria when the white marble statue was found.

"A ribbon around the head of the statue proves that it belongs to an important person for such ribbon was used only be rulers," said Hawass, "The 80 cm long, 23 cm wide statue has been discovered eight meters deep under the earth surface."

 
Salt Man Head in the Iran Bastan MuseumFarouk Hosni, Egypt’s Culture Minister, is supporting archaeolgical dig sites and has set into place laws restricting illegal digging in confirmed archaeological sites which may contain historical monuments.

The monument photography project, National Authority for Remote Sensing, Space Sciences (NARRS) and Mubarak City for Scientific Research (MuCSAT) combined Satellites technology, aerial photography and ground laser to locate 132 sites which have not yet been excavated.

One of these sites is north of Lake Qarun in the Faiyum area, and another at Habu city. Archaeologists are presently being sent out by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism to areas before construction and building excavations to preserve invaluable archaeological treasures. At the Faiyum site near Cairo artifacts dating to diverse time periods have been found amongst these, an awl for stitching leather, fishing tackle, weapons, jewellery, pottery, coins, sawfish, whale fossils, and a 3150 BC block portraying one of the two leaders named King Scorpion
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