Oh, looters

I heard an interesting story from Nadine, who heard it from one of the temple guards. Our first day back, we noticed that part of the road adjacent to the temple was gravel, not cement like the rest of the road. We didn't think anything of it- it is Egypt after all. Apparently, there was a really good story behind it though.

A few months ago, some locals got the brilliant idea to tunnel underneath the road and into the tell, searching for treasure. They were able to do this without notice because they started the tunnel on the other side of the cemetery walls, which are just across the road from the temple. About halfway through their project, the road collapsed, obviously tipping off the guards that something was amiss. We don't think anyone died, but some people definitely got in trouble. This sort of thing happens pretty often in Egypt actually- a few people died up in the delta last year doing the same sort of thing. There's no treasure at Tell Edfu though- just a lot of pottery and dirt. Mostly dirt.