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Submitted by davidmorgan on Monday, 19 March 2012  Page Views: 5330

Multi-periodSite Name: El Hiba Alternative Name: El Hibeh, Ankyronpolis, Teudjoi
Country: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 38.176 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bani Sweif  Nearest Village: Al Hibah
Latitude: 28.785602N  Longitude: 30.921620E
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El Hiba submitted by Andy B : A general view at El Hibeh showing many looter's pits Credit: Dr Carol Redmount (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Lower Egypt (North)

An important frontier settlement and fortress on the northern limits of the Theban region during the late 20th Dynasty to the 22nd Dynasty when a temple was built, probably by Shoshenq I.


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Re: Reports of Recent Looting in El Hibeh by Andy B on Tuesday, 20 March 2012
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Dr Carol Redmount of the El Hibeh Excavation team has an update:

Yesterday (19th March) I went to the taftish to meet with Mme. Nadia Ashour, the Director of the Beni Suef Inspectorate. She gave me a warm welcome while we waited two hours for our police escort. When we arrived at the site we officially opened the magazine, which was intact, and I selected the material to be transferred to the storehouse at Ihnasya el-Medinah.

Mme. Nadia spoke with the guards and inspectors and various others at the site and then, to my delight, asked me if I would like to walk on the tell and if I had a camera with me. The answer to both questions was yes. Mme. Nadia requested copies of all the pictures I was going to take, which of course I will be delighted to give to her, both as a flash drive and as printed copies.

So we all made an inspection of the site together, Mme. Nadia, myself, several inspectors from the Beni Suef Inspectorate, two of whom, Ahmed and Rabi’, had worked with us before, and our security escorts.

We saw the mummy featured in the newspaper outside the entrance to city. I finally set eyes on the beautiful uraeus frieze above the limestone doorway of what must once have been a beautiful tomb, now empty.

There was lots of evidence of looting in the cemetery in front of the north entrace to the site, but I am also happy to report no obvious signs of major bulldozing. I am going to compare the pictures I took yesterday with earlier photos.

Walking through the north entrance, it was a physical shock to see the many looting holes still visible and the mounds of earth next to them. Our group walked all over the site together and I took photographs until my battery died. There are holes everywhere, some many meters deep. It is also clear that many other holes have been dug and filled in, so the true extent of the damage is even greater than first appearances.

Everyone was appalled at the damage from the looting and many other people took pictures also. Mme. Nadia especially was furious and asked me again for copies of pictures so that she could write a very strong report about the looting. It was wonderful to walk together in solidarity on the tell with my Egyptian colleagues, and to all work together to continue our efforts to end the looting and destruction of Hibeh.

After visiting the site, we all proceeded to the Ihnasya el Medinah storeroom where Atef Helmy, who is in charge of the Ihnasya storehouse, had been waiting for us all day. We were very late because of our visit to the tell and our late start. Mr. Helmy gave us all a very warm welcome. Our team is also looking forward to working with him and our inspector as we do our studies at the Ihnasya storehouse.

Yesterday was, I believe, a big step forward in our quest to protect Hibeh, and we thank all of you, the SCA, and especially our Egyptian colleagues, for all your help. Our job is not finished, however, as the site is not yet protected and the gangster is free to come back today and continue looting the site whenever he pleases, which he undoubtedly will do.

Hibeh, and sites like it all over Egypt still need protection.

Dr Carol Redmount http://www.facebook.com/groups/337119989673652/permalink/342481622470822/

with thanks to Nile Wave Travel
http://nilewavetravel.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/el-hibeh-destruction-continues/
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Reports of Recent Looting in El Hibeh by davidmorgan on Monday, 19 March 2012
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Press release on the looting of El Hibeh

Massive looting of archaeological sites in Egypt continues as security forces turn a blind eye to thugs plundering Egypt’s cultural heritage.

After Egypt’s revolution, priceless artifacts were stolen from the nation’s world-famous Egyptian Museum in Cairo as well as from innumerable storehouses scattered throughout the country.

Today the continued plundering of archaeological sites, which comprise Egypt’s cultural heritage in its most pristine state, presents an even more critical challenge as sites are often remote and protected by low-paid guards and state security seems unable or unwilling to halt the mayhem.

El Hibeh is one such site. On the east bank of the Nile in a particularly impoverished area of Egypt three hour’s drive south of Cairo, the archaeological site occupies about two square kilometers and includes cemeteries and the ruins of a walled ancient provincial town with a limestone temple, industrial facilities, houses and possible fort and governing residence. The remains date from the late Pharaonic, Graeco-Roman, Coptic and early Islamic periods (approximately 11th century BCE to eighth century CE). Hibeh is of special importance because it is one of very few relatively intact town sites remaining in Egypt and because of its extensive archaeological deposits dating to the Third Intermediate Period, Egypt’s last “Dark Age” and an era particularly poorly known archaeologically.

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