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...great Temple of Dendereh was quarried away by Egyptians to build a saltpeter factory. Ali also ordered the excavation of the exquisite Temple of Esneh because he wanted to use it as a secure munitions depot. Art collectors were scarcely better. A French agent named Jean Baptiste Lelorrain contrived to steal the magnificent carved zodiac from the ceiling of Dendereh by using gunpowder to blast away a section of the temple's roof. He was lucky: the zodiac survived and is now in the Louvre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Theft After Life | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

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