Destrozos en el Museo Nacional egipcio de El Cairo

¡Las antigüedades egipcias están en peligro¡ Via Al-Jazeera:

Gilded statue of Tutankhamun hunting on a papyrus skiff

UPDATE 33: Sat. Jan 29 7:37pm EST: King Tut Objects Damaged?

The Eloquent Peasant Egyptopologist blog has done some fascinating detective work and been trying to figure out what was exactly damaged. Her suggestions for the damaged pieces in the TV footage that has been making the rounds is quite convincing.

Here are two juxtapositions between artifact photos and screenshots from Al-Jazeera, check her blog for more. I researched the titles and dates of the object here and here. If this research is true than at least some of the damaged objects are part of the world-renowned King Tut stash:

¿Se aprovecha alguien del río revuelto para robar los tesoros del Museo de El Cairo, como sucedió con el de Bagdad ?…

Tremendo paralelo que espero no ocurra.He visto destrozadas piezas del tesoro de la tumba de la reina Phahotep o del tesoro de Tutakhamón¡

Se puede ver perfectamente en el link que doy arriba.

Left, Ritual Figures of King Tut Hunting a Hippopotamus; Right, Ritual Figures of King Tut Astride a Panther — Both objects date from around the time of the death of Tutankhamun, in 1324 BC. They were discovered, along with the rest of the treasures of Tut’s tomb, in 1922. (images via TheEloquentPeasant)

Fuente: http://hyperallergic.com/17815/egyptian-museum-damage