Bulldozers from a
neighbouring quarry had entered the Dahshur necropolis site. Written By/ Nevine
El-Aref.
After two days of violations,
the Dahshour necropolis, where the both pyramids of King Senefru are located,
has been restored to its former state.
Alaa El-Shahat, head of the
Administrative Centre for Antiquities in Cairo and Giza, told Ahram Online that
in collaboration with the Tourism and Antiquities Police, Cairo Governorate,
the army forces and General Security, the Ministry of Antiquities has succeeded
in removing all recent encroachments made on the archaeological site and its
safe zone.
Three days ago, El-Shahat
said, bulldozers from a neighbouring quarry entered the Dahshur necropolis
site, which is located around 40km south of Cairo.
The ministry has removed the
encroachments and the police have caught the criminals who violated the
archaeological sites.
The ministry, he continued,
will also build a long wall to separate the archaeological site from the
neighbouring quarry as well as establishing a small security unit of the
Tourism and Antiquities Police in the area adjacent to the quarry in order to
prohibit any future encroachment onto the site.
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