Zahi Hawass: update on situation in Egypt

Zahi Hawass has issued an update on the situation in Egypt ("The State of Egyptian Antiquities - 4 February 2011", February 4, 2011). He has clarified the situation at Saqqara:

Many people have been saying that Saqqara was looted and it is not true. If anything had happened there, the operation room in Zamalek would have called me immediately and reported what happened. I hope that you will all read each of the statements I have released on my website that say all our sites are safe. The army, curators, antiquities inspectors, and security guards guarded the important sites. As I have said everyday, the only two incidents that have occurred are the break-in at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and the break-in at the storage magazine in Qantara East, in the Sinai.