Precious past: why the ancient assets of Greece and Egypt must be saved

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Precious past: why the ancient assets of Greece and Egypt must be saved

While Greece and Egypt are destabilised by the eurozone debt crisis and revolution, we must do more to protect their vast store of the world’s antiquitiesIn the British Museum on a Sunday afternoon, ancient faces look back at children and adults alike. Inside their glass cases, pharaohs and priests are unfazed by the crowds.