SAQQARA Egypt's minister of culture yesterday ordered the demolition of building work for a museum which lies too close to ancient tombs and which threatened to mar the landscape around the country's first pyramid, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara.
Minister halts Egyptian project
SAQQARA Egypt's minister of culture yesterday ordered the demolition of building work for a museum which lies too close to ancient…
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