There has been significant damage and destruction in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Some of these images can be found here. The Al Jazeera footage appears to show wooden statues from the tomb of Tutankhamun with the gilded figure of the king ripped from the smashed bases. Images below show the statues in their original state, and their current condition:
Middle Kingdom models of daily life and their have been smashed. The damage on the famous army of Mehseti doesn’t seem to be too severe thankfully, but other beautiful models are broken and strewn on the floor.
It has been confirmed per today that the case was displayed separately from Tjuya, so her mummy has not been damaged. These are important historical figures as well as two of the best preserved mummies from ancient Egypt, so it would indeed be tragedy in our eyes if this is true. We hope that the incredible burial assemblage that was excavated with them, which is one of the most celebrated discoveries in Egyptology, has not suffered also.
We hope this is not going to get worse like what happened in Iraq. It is inexcusable when people do not care about humanity’s heritage like this. – MJ Santos, Publisher