Compléter Stealing historyVersion en ligne Discover the history of Ancient Egypt and the ongoing battle to protect its treasures in this exciting Fill in the Blanks game! par javier caicedo 1 Busiris soldiers stealing government historical objects robbers pots Ancient Egypt's Amal Farag museums Roman armies tombs history big business paintings laws Abu Sir al Malaq gold Egypt archeologists is a place about one hundred kilometers south of Cairo in . In ancient times , it was called . Busiris was one of largest cities , famous for its architecture and buildings . Nowadays , there is only sand and stone , with one or two small villages nearby . But the area of Abu Sir al Malaq is still famous because of its . When you arrive at Abu Sir al Malaq , you meet a lot of . These hardworking people are here to discover more about Egypt's history . Inside the old , they can find and that tell us more about Ancient Egypt . Surprisingly , there are also with guns who protect the archeologists and the ancient tombs . That's because often come to Abu Sir al Malaq and try to steal things . They can sell these historical items for large amounts of money to collectors around the world . is one person who wants to protect the area from robbers . She works for the , and her team is desperately trying to save the ancient objects . They are moving the objects one by one to and other safe 25 places . However , it's almost impossible to save everything . One day in 2012 , she was working at a tomb on a hillside when she suddenly met three men . They were some from a tomb . When they saw Amal and her colleague , they quickly ran away . Typically , robbers take the good pieces and throw away the rest . " For every nice piece , " says Amal , " they destroy hundreds . " It's wrong to think that stealing historical objects is a modern problem in Egypt . History books describe how people stole from tombs over three thousand years ago . When arrived in Egypt , they took and valuable objects back to Rome on their ships . And from the 16th to the mid - 20th century , different countries controlled Egypt and took away statue and beautiful art . Nowadays , there are controlling the movement of historical objects to and from Egypt . Maybe one day the problem will be solved , but in the meantime , it continues sadly to be .