Looters Destroy 2,000-Year-Old Mummies in Bid to Steal King Tut's Treasures ; Troops Guarding the Pyramids As 30,000 British Touristsstranded in Egypt Are Warned to Stay in Hotels After 4pm

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The army was on guard at egypt's most popular tourist sites last night after two 2,000-year-old mummies in the country's national museum were destroyed by looters attempting to steal the treasures of King Tutankhamun.

Soldiers were positioned at the Pyramids and Cairo's egyptian Museum - the holding place for Tutankhamun's priceless golden mask and other artifacts - on the fifth day of anti-government demonstrations in the country's capital.

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Looters Destroy 2,000-Year-Old Mummies in Bid to Steal King Tut's Treasures ; Troops Guarding the Pyramids As 30,000 British Touristsstranded in Egypt Are Warned to Stay in Hotels After 4pm

The military deployment came amid an almost complete collapse of law and order, with the violence escalating outside the capital. Residents in Alexandria, north-west of Cairo, were forced to stand guard outsi...

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