As of 1st February, the news from Carol Redmount is that the site has been looted but should now be protected. The degree of damage is unknown. Carol said “Mme Nadia visited El Hibeh today and said the site has been looted, but should be okay from now on as they are expecting guards to be in place.”
(This page needs a major update to bring news up to date – coming soon.)
By Kate Phizackerley
There is a 10 minutes film about looting since the revolution, including some footage from el Hibeh.
http://rockcenter.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/28/12466342-on-assignment-in-egypt-the-genie-is-out-of-the-bottle
Thanks Daniel – I really must get an el-Hibeh page done.
There is news form El-Hibeh. The MSA has send a team to check the area. More details here:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/38989/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Archaeological-committee-to-inspect-the-looted-ElH.aspx