European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 24, 1991 the stars  stripes c Page 9egypt ready to display ancient statues antiquities director Mohammed Saghir stands amid statues in Luxor Egypt. Luxor. Egypt apr a Cache of rare  exquisitely carved statues buried by ancient priests  accidentally discovered two years ago will go on display soon in the Luxor museum in a Wing designed especially for them. Antiquities officials rate the statues found beneath a courtyard of the 3.5 h year old Luxor Temple along the Nile River 450 Miles South of Cairo among the most historically significant discoveries of the 20th Century. Underlining the value placed on the statues by the egyptian antiquities organization president Hosni Mubarak plans to open the display before dec. 1, said Ibrahim Bakr the organization s chairman. The late saved Tawfik. Chairman of antiquities when the statues were found had called the statues Quot one of the greatest archaeological finds of the  the Cache is important because the a statues Are in such Good condition some in Superb condition  represent a period of egyptian history that remains murky for historians a he said in an interview before he died last december of a heart attack. Seven of the statues of pharaohs gods  goddesses arc survivors from the 18lh dynasty a 243-year Golden age of egyptian artwork that ended in 1307 . It was an Era when Egypt was so Rich that wealth  Beauty beyond belief surrounded even a relatively insignificant pharaoh like tutankhamen. The Story of the Luxor Cache began Jan. 22, 1989. Egyptian workers Clearing  digging in the column lined courtyard struck a Stone object  investigating archaeologists quickly realized they a Stum bled onto an amazing find. Some even compared it with caches found in the Luxor area late last Century that brought new perspectives into the study of egyptology. They contained the 27 Roval mummies which will Stum return to Public display in Cairo s egyptian museum. And thousands of pieces of statuary  artwork from the Mammoth Karnak Temple Complex two Miles from Luxor i ample. After the 1989 find Mubarak came to  to watch As workers pulled five magnificent statues from the dirt. In ensuing months excavators retrieved 19 More statues two other artworks workers tools  pottery pieces. The statues were protected by layers of Small rocks. Luxor Temple was begun by pharaoh Anie Hotep Iii. Who ruled for 38 years. The delicate Temple bears the touch of Many Kings including Tut Ramses ii  Alexander the great. Mohammed Saghir antiquities director for the Luxor area said studies show the statues were buried just after . 300. As roman legions converted part of the Temple area into a military  religious Center. A Temple priests look such care in making sure the statues were Safe Thal most were in excellent condition Quot lie said. Before the romans came the statues May have lined a processional Walkway or served other religious functions. Seventeen of the most Beautiful  his Lori Eulav important pieces Are being displayed in the italian designed showroom a Wing of the Luxor museum built to mimic an ancient ceremonial  Farmers snub state to Cut private deals Moscow apr soviet Grain producers Are withholding the Harvest from the state  Selling it instead to private enterprises for an inflated profit the newspaper pravda reports. Quot they grasped the situation quickly a pravda said Friday. Quot its much More profitable to make barter deals or Trade with Exchange dealers who sometimes pay 10 times More per ton than the  As the soviet Economy worsens  a harsh Winter looms it has become increasingly difficult to buy food in the capital. Russian federation president Boris n. Yeltsin has introduced drastic measures a including lifting state controls on prices a in Hopes of making a Sharp switch to a Market Economy. But although the Price of bread jumped almost 1,000 percent last week Long lines outside bread stores Are still common. About 12,500 tons of american wheat arrived in the far East port of Nakhod a on Friday the Tass news Agency reported. Authorities at the port Are expecting additional shipments to help alleviate the Winter bread shortage in the area Tass said. On wednesday president Bush announced he was authorizing $1.4 billion in credits  Grants to forestall famine this Winter. Pravda said 160 million metric tons of Grain a both for fodder  bread products a have been harvested this year compared with the near record 237 million metric tons last year. Only 39 million metric tons have been sold to the state this year compared with 66 million metric tons sold in 1990. Quot collective  state farms do not want to sell Grain cheap Quot pravda said. Quot especially alarming is the fact Thal slate warehouses for Grain storage Are half  Thatcher rails against major dec plan London apr former prime minister Margaret Thatcher said Friday night that the government of her successor was arrogant  wrong to deny her Call for a British referendum on european Community plans for a single currency. Liberal Democrat Leader Paddy Ashdown said saturday that there was now a open conflict Between Thatcher  John major the Man she handpicked to succeed her As Leader of the conservative party a year ago. Several conservative lawmakers said saturday that they were astounded at her Complete about face on referendums which she vehemently opposed As prime minister. Thatcher s split with major reinforced the division among conservatives Over Britain s economic  political integration into the european Community. Dec leaders Are due to sign political  economic Union treaties next month at a Summit in the dutch town of maastricht setting a new path for the Community. Repeating her Call for Britain to shun the plan for a single currency to replace the National currencies of the 12 dec states Thatcher said that by refusing to put the Issue before britons in a Meleren Dum the government was depriving the people of Choice. Quot parliamentary supremacy is the us Margaret Thatcher. �?o1 think it is Wronna Primacy of the voice of the people. If you deny that to be heard i think it is arrogant  1 think it is wrong Quot she said in an interview with Independent television news. Former conservative Cabinet minister Michael Jopling told bbl radio on saturday a i find it astonishing How people can provide Back seat driving advice which is totally contrary to what they believed  fellow tory Hugh Dykes chairman of the european movement said it was outrageous that Thatcher who demanded Quot Blind loyalty while prime minister was a being so disloyal to her prime  a mrs. Thatcher seems finally to have flipped a he said. Sir Marcus Fox another senior conservative accused her of Quot breathtaking arrogance  said her backing for a referendum Quot can Only be a ploy to keep the debate  a Long standing critic of 1c plans for closer economic  political lies Thatcher said the British people opposed the planned dec changes which she said were happening too fast. A when you take away responsibilities of the parliament for the financial affairs of the country you take away the right to Issue your own currency not Only now hut for  she  teels Well recovering Wiesbaden Germany a amps a former Middle East hostage Thomas Sutherland is recovering Well at the . Air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden  is Back on solid food a military spokesman said saturday. A the is resting comfortably  feels Well. He is absolutely in no discomfort  is recovering As executed a said senior airman Charles Lacy with the joint information Bureau at Lindsey air station. Ramey said Sutherland is now on a regular diet  is eating Well. He could give no indication on when the 60-year-old Sutherland might be discharged. Sutherland who was released monday after being held 61 years in Beirut Lebanon by shiite Muslim captors had planned to return to the United states on thursday. But he suddenly became ill that morning. Doctors discovered he was stricken with gastritis  an ulcer. He is expected to be released this week