Word: lelorrain
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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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...
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