Starfish Under Seige in Egypt

According to "The Telegraph" - "Looters have destroyed two mummies and smashed artifacts from Cairo museum, which is considered to be one of the most important cultural archives in the world. The group of nine men broke into the Egyptian Museum, which is on the edge of Tahrir Square, the epicentre of protests, searching for gold. They broke into ten cases to take figurines. When they discovered that the figures did not contain gold, they dropped them and the items broke. They then seized two skulls of the 2,000-year old mummies and fled. Dr. Zahi Hawass, the director of the museum, said: "Demonstrators in collaboration with security forces stopped the thieves and returned the relics to the museum...described the smashing of the irreplaceable artifacts as 'devastating.' "

The gold granulated starfish, featured in "Cataclysm in Blue Water," resides in this very museum. I would be devastated to learn of its theft. God bless the good citizens of Cairo who locked arms and stood side by side to protect the museum. Fingers crossed the museum and all its priceless treasures remain safe!