CAIRO – UNobhala Jikelele waseGibhithe weSupreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) uZahi Hawass ukuchithile ngoMsombuluko ukuthi wenqabele izivakashi ukuba zithwebule izindawo ezinomlando waseGibhithe.

Ngokwesitatimende se-Egypt Culture Ministry, uHawass uthe "kuvunyelwe ukuthatha izithombe zendawo yesikhumbuzo evulekile," akuvunyelwe ukuthatha izithombe ngaphakathi kwamathuna asendulo kuphela ukuze kugcinwe imidwebo emiphumeleni emibi ye-flash yamakhamera. .

Wengeze ngokuthi noma yisiphi isikhulu esivimba izivakashi ekuthatheni izithombe ezindaweni ezinomlando ezivulekile, njengamaPyramids noma amaTemple aseLuxor, sizokhokhiswa, njengoba lezi zithombe ziyingxenye yezinkumbulo zabo ngesikhathi bevakashele eGibhithe.

I-Egypt yaqopha izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-12.855 kanye namaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-10.99 emalini engenayo yezokuvakasha ngo-2008, ngokombiko okhishwe yi-Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

I-Egypt ilindele ukukhuphula abahambi bayo bafinyelele ezigidini eziyi-14 kanye nemali yezokuvakasha ibe ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-12 ngo-2011.