There is an area out in the desert behind the Step Pyramid where the Sakkara Antiquities people dump their dig debris. This is an interesting place to ride as there are bits of ancient mudbrick, old bones, bits of pottery and so on. However, lately they have also been dumping basic garbage out there and that is NOT ok. Every so often I post photos of this to try to bring it to the SCA's attention. This particular dump site is on an old road out into the desert and anyone doing a camel or donkey ride from the Step Pyramid would be riding right by it. Bad SCA!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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I think that maybe there could be found something really precious from ancient times or with a great scientific importance!
Trash is being dumped all along the area between Saqqara and Dhasur, its not by the MSA! Its by trucks avoiding charges at the municipal dump!
This is a huge problem for us living out here. The Giza governorate has huge landfills that are poorly thought out and are often in conflict with locals and the military. But this stuff is trucked out from the Sakkara antiquities site and dumped in the desert by the Antiquities staff.
I suppose the dumpers believe they are helping nomads?
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