Looters Destroy Egypt's Ancient Treasures - Building Mosques on top of the Pyramids (Part 3)

Alicia Powe | July 3, 2012
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Villagers have illegally built a mosque above concrete that dated back 4,200 years ago, just after the revolution, trying to stake their claim to the land. 

"Democracy is not to attack the sites or to go and dig in your house at night," says Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass.

(h/t NBC

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