5 - 11 July 2001
Issue No.541
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Al-Ahram Weekly Online 5 - 11 July 2001 Issue No.541 |
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Presenting arms
A COLLECTION of weapons used by Egyptian police officers in the 19th century will be on display at the police museum in the Citadel of Salaheddin. The collection includes a number of decorated swords, daggers, guns and pistols.
Flood control
TO CONTROL flash floods on the Theban necropolis and the damage they can cause to tombs, such as occurred in the winter season of 1996/97, the Luxor inspectorate, headed by Sabri Abdel- Aziz, has built new concrete ramps -- disguised by appropriate stonework -- to direct flood water to the area's drainage system.
Gold fragments
IT SEEMS that the Valley of the Kings has not yet been exhausted of treasure. A team clearing a heap of earth near the famous tomb of the 19th dynasty Pharaoh Seti I, who ruled from 1296 to 1279 BC, has come upon some golden fragments along with two cartouches of Seti II, who was on the throne almost exactly a hundred years later.
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