Varying accounts of the impact of the uprising in Egypt on that country's antiquities:
"Archaeologists voiced deepening concern on Thursday after fresh street battles erupted around Cairo's Egyptian Museum housing the gold sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun and other priceless relics.
"Websites and chat-rooms buzzed with anxiety after a break-in last Friday that left a number of glass cabinets smashed and precious objects damaged, including two mummies.
"There were also accounts of pilfering at an antiquities storage depot at Qantara and anecdotal reports of tomb raiding at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara.
"But the country's newly appointed minister of antiquities, well-known egyptologist Zahi Hawass, on Thursday played down accounts of the break-in at the Museum and warned against 'rumours.'
In a posting on his blog (), Hawass said the incident at the museum resulted in '70 broken objects, all of which can be restored.' "
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