On his website today, Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass gave his explanations for some of the many obvious contradictions between his previous reports on the security of the Egyptian Museum and the country’s archaeological sites, and the actual facts as they have unfolded.
He also announced:
Fragments
belonging to the statue of Tutankhamun being carried by the goddess
Menkaret have been found; all the located fragments belong to the figure
of Menkaret. The small figure of the king has not yet been found.
Tutankhamun Carried by Menkaret
Photo courtesy of Egyptian Museum, Cairo
On its new Facebook page, the Ministry of Antiquities yesterday announced:
Dr. Zahi Hawass, the head of the Ministry, has been meeting with the heads of the sectors of the Ministry of Antiquities with a view to addressing and solving the issues raised [my link,not his] by those who have voiced concern outside our building in Zamalek. We want to work with these young people to satisfy their demands, and work out the best way to do so. An announcement will be made on Wednesday [today] concerning this.
An unconfirmed rumor has been circulating online today that the limestone statue of Akhenaten, arguably the most important of the 18 objects that had been reported as missing, has been found. But I can only assume that, if true, that bit of good news would have been reported joyfully and with alacrity by the Ministry of Antiquities.