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| Press Release Free Trip to Egypt for 1000 Students and 500 Adults Sponsored by the The D'Zert Club Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Contact: Philip A Salahuddin 215-247-5121 |
| The d'Zert Club is a Philadelphia-based, non-profit travel organization founded in 1997 by the husband and wife team of Ali and Helen Salahuddin. It specializes in coordinating national and international educational field trips for African Americans. The African Genesis Institute is a proactive, 3 semester, educational and cultural program for African American youth between the ages of 7 and 14 focused on developing an understanding and awareness of the African experience in America. Over this 27-month period students are exposed to their rich and extraordinary ancient African history through bi-monthly classes, seminars and field trips. At the end of the program the students and group leaders sojourn to Egypt for the Teen Summit 1000 where they examine the land of their ancestors and share their culture and lifestyle with African youth. The trip to Egypt is sponsored by the d'Zert Club and is absolutely free to the students and adults serving as the graduation reward for those who complete the program. All those interested in earning this free trip to the Motherland should call toll free 1-888-257-5991 , email dzertclub@aol.com or visit www.africangenesis.org. |
| The d'Zert Club and The African Genesis Institute are sponsoring a free, all expense paid, trip to Egypt, North Africa for 1000 students nationwide between the ages of 7 and 14 and 500 adult group leaders. These travelers will participate in the Annual Teen Summit 1000. |
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| Egypt REVOLUTION & what it means 2 BLAK FOLK now live & in color at www.black2afrika.blogspot.com. U know! |
Video interview in which he makes similar statements: <http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2011/01/30 /bpr.hawass.museum.damage.cnn.html> [Submitted by Michael Tilgner and Peter Brand] http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2011-01/interview-el-saddik Interview with Wafaa el-Saddik about the looting of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (13 show-cases were affected, but the Museum is no longer in danger of the nearby fires): The Museum in Memphis and its magazines are said to be completely looted. English quotes from the above interview: " TARGET="_blank"><http://hyperallergic.com/17896/egyptian-m useum-looted-by-own-guards-memphis-looted/" TARGET="_blank">> [Submitted by Peter Brand] Map of Areas of Looting in Egyptian Museum (pic) " TARGET="_blank"><http://ancientegyptonline.org/egyptnews/ p/map-of-areas-of-looting-in-egyptian-museum" TARGET="_blank">> [Next two items submitted by Kat Newkirk] http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/egypts-tombs-temples-unde r-siege.html "(..) Reports also are circulating about looters at the Supreme Council of Antiquities' storage magazine in Qantara Sharq, as well as some other magazines in South Saqqara. Indeed, Abusir and Saqqara are reported to have suffered great damage. "All the sealed tombs were entered last night. Only the Imhotep Museum and the adjacent central magazines are currently protected by the military. Large gangs are digging day and night everywhere," Hanna said." " TARGET="_blank"><http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/tu t-family-mummies-damaged-in-egypt-riots.html" TARGET="_blank">> "The mummies of King Tutankhamun's great-grandparents might have had their heads ripped off as a result of the recent turmoil in Egypt, according to reports beginning to circulate on the Internet. Dramatic Al Jazeera footage suggests that the two mummies vandalized at the Egyptian museum might be those of Yuya and Tjuya, which recent DNA tests identified as King Tut's great-grandparents. Indeed, the gilded, open-work cartonnage case shown on Al Jazeera belongs to Tjuya, according to Margaret Maitland, a D.Phil. candidate in Egyptology at the University of Oxford. "The case was placed directly on Tjuya's body, so it is doubtful that it could have been removed without damaging her mummy. This suggests that the two mummies mentioned by Dr. Zahi Hawass as being beheaded and severely damaged may be those of Yuya and Tjuya. They are important historical figures, as well as two of the best preserved mummies from ancient Egypt, so it would indeed be tragic if this is true," Maitland writes in her blog. The Al Jazeera footage also shows that wooden statues from the tomb of King Tutankhamun have been smashed. Much destruction appears to have been dealt a wooden boat that Maitland identified as coming from the tomb of Meseti at Asyut. "It's one of the largest model boats in existence and it dates to approximately 2000 B.C., so over it's 4,000 years old. Very sad," said Maitland." [Submitted by Peter Brand] The blog of Margaret Maitland mentioned/quoted above is at http://www.eloquentpeasant.com/#1 [Submitted by Thierry Benderitter] You can find a telephone interview with Jane Akhshar, who lives on the West bank here: http://luxor-news.blogspot.com/ She says that things are quiet though the police has disappeared. |
| Travel with Runoko: Antiquities and the Unrest in Egypt |
| FORWARDED BY BROTHER NNAMDI A note by Dr Zahi Hawass, with details about the looting in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and at other sites: http://www.drhawass.com/blog/situation-egyptian-antiquities- today "(..) They went into the Late Period gallery but, when they found no gold, they broke thirteen vitrines and threw the antiquities on the floor. Then the criminals went to the King Tutankhamun galleries. Thank God they opened only one case! The criminals found a statue of the king on a panther, broke it, and threw it on the floor. I am very thankful that all of the antiquities that were damaged in the museum can be restored, and the tourist police caught all of the criminals that broke into it. On Saturday, the army secured the museum again and guarded it from all sides. (..) I was receiving messages all night from my inspectors at Saqqara, Dahsur, and Mit Rahina. The magazines and stores of Abusir were opened, and I could not find anyone to protect the antiquities at the site. At this time I still do not know what has happened at Saqqara, but I expect to hear from the inspectors there soon. East of Qantara in the Sinai, we have a large store containing antiquities from the Port Said Museum. Sadly, a large group, armed with guns and a truck, entered the store, opened the boxes in the magazine and took the precious objects. Other groups attempted to enter the Coptic Museum, Royal Jewellery Museum, National Museum of Alexandria, and El Manial Museum. Luckily, the foresighted employees of the Royal Jewellery Museum moved all of the objects into the basement, and sealed it before leaving." |
