Egypt's cultural bureaucracy and more than a few shoot first ask questions later archaeologists and media outlets are looking foolish after a bust for supposed antiquities smuggling unravelled in a big way.
For more, see http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2012/02/we-demand-official-apology.html and http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/british-couple-released-as-priceless-artifacts-they-were-smuggling-out-of-egypt-turn-out-to-be-cheap-market-fakes-7447085.html
Egypt is desperate for foreign tourists. Stories like this will rightly scare even more away.
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