Temple pillaged
The blocked sale at Christie's New York auction house of a genuine granite relief smuggled out of Egypt should reinforce the authorities' awareness of the problem of vandalism. Nevine El-Aref reports on the theft

The story of Behbeit Al-Hagar
The village today known as Behbeit Al-Hagar is in the central Delta near Samannud (ancient Sebennytos), the capital of the 12th Nome of Lower Egypt..--read on--

Discoveries at Saqqara
Only an estimated five per cent of the monuments in the vast necropolis of Saqqara have been excavated so far, so it is little wonder that exciting discoveries are made with some regularity..--read on--

Mummies as salted fish
By Zahi Hawass