Egypt saves only remaining monument from Ikhshidid era
To save the monument from being submerged under the sulfur Ain el-Sira Lake south of Cairo, Egypt has announced the relocation of Mashhad al-Tabataba, the only monument left from the Ikhshidid era.
Egypt announced the relocation of the Mashhad (Mausoleum) al-Tabataba, the only monument left from the Ikhshidid era (935-969 AD), to a nearby location to save it from being submerged under the sulfur Ain el-Sira Lake south of Cairo.
Secretary-General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Moustafa Waziri appeared in a video inside the mashhad, saying that Egyptians began the dismantling and transferring of the mashhad Jan. 1, 2021, and it is now completed.
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