Fill in the Blanks Stealing historyOnline version Discover the history of Ancient Egypt and the ongoing battle to protect its treasures in this exciting Fill in the Blanks game! by javier caicedo 1 archeologists pots paintings soldiers tombs history museums gold laws historical objects Egypt Roman armies Abu Sir al Malaq robbers Amal Farag Busiris stealing big business Ancient Egypt's government is a place about one hundred kilometers south of Cairo in . In ancient times , it was called . Busiris was one of largest cities , famous for its architecture and buildings . Nowadays , there is only sand and stone , with one or two small villages nearby . But the area of Abu Sir al Malaq is still famous because of its . When you arrive at Abu Sir al Malaq , you meet a lot of . These hardworking people are here to discover more about Egypt's history . Inside the old , they can find and that tell us more about Ancient Egypt . Surprisingly , there are also with guns who protect the archeologists and the ancient tombs . That's because often come to Abu Sir al Malaq and try to steal things . They can sell these historical items for large amounts of money to collectors around the world . is one person who wants to protect the area from robbers . She works for the , and her team is desperately trying to save the ancient objects . They are moving the objects one by one to and other safe 25 places . However , it's almost impossible to save everything . One day in 2012 , she was working at a tomb on a hillside when she suddenly met three men . They were some from a tomb . When they saw Amal and her colleague , they quickly ran away . Typically , robbers take the good pieces and throw away the rest . " For every nice piece , " says Amal , " they destroy hundreds . " It's wrong to think that stealing historical objects is a modern problem in Egypt . History books describe how people stole from tombs over three thousand years ago . When arrived in Egypt , they took and valuable objects back to Rome on their ships . And from the 16th to the mid - 20th century , different countries controlled Egypt and took away statue and beautiful art . Nowadays , there are controlling the movement of historical objects to and from Egypt . Maybe one day the problem will be solved , but in the meantime , it continues sadly to be .
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