Tour guide arrested after drawing stick figure on 4,000-year-old pyramid

An Egyptian tour guide was arrested for allegedly drawing a stick figure on the 4,000-year-old Pyramid of Unas in Saqqara. The incident, captured on video and circulated online, prompted an investigation by the Saqqara Tourism Police Station after an antiquities inspector filed a report. The guide confessed to the act, which authorities deemed damaging to an antiquity. Specialists have since removed the markings from the pyramid, which is historically significant for containing the earliest Pyramid Texts. Legal measures have been taken against the tour guide, and the incident highlights Egypt's increased efforts to protect its ancient monuments under the Antiquities Protection Law.

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