Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! You’re all my sweethearts, even you trolls. I hope you’re having a good one! What’s on your mind besides love?
At least 17 artifacts from the Egyptian Museum of Cairo are missing following a break-in, the country’s minister of antiquities said Sunday.
The missing objects include a gilded wood statue of King Tutankhamun being carried by a goddess; parts of a gilded wood statue of Tutankhamun harpooning; a limestone statue of Akhenaten; a statue of Nefertiti making offerings; a sandstone head of an Amarna princess; a stone statuette of a scribe from Amarna; 11 wooden shabti statuettes of Yuya; and a heart scarab of Yuya.
The discovery that the ancient treasures are missing came after museum staff took an inventory, Zahi Hawass said in a statement.
The police and army plan to question people who are already in custody, Hawass said.
One good thing is that these objects are so recognizable that they won’t be easy to sell. I don’t doubt that there are some unscrupulous dealers out there willing to handle them. Unless a buyer has a private collection they show to very few people, it will be difficult to take these pieces. I’m hoping that the museum recovers the artifacts quickly.
There’s an anniversary coming! It’s been five years since Clarence Thomas has uttered a word publicly during a SCOTUS case.
A week from Tuesday, when the Supreme Court returns from its midwinter break and hears arguments in two criminal cases, it will have been five years since Justice Clarence Thomas has spoken during a court argument.
If he is true to form, Justice Thomas will spend the arguments as he always does: leaning back in his chair, staring at the ceiling, rubbing his eyes, whispering to Justice Stephen G. Breyer, consulting papers and looking a little irritated and a little bored. He will ask no questions.
Who needs words when your ideology has already decided the case? That’s just extra energy that he doesn’t want to waste. Let us all celebrate Silent Clarence and his intellectual addition to law.