When Egyptian President Mubarak's NDP party headquarterswere burned today,  and after them the five-star Conrad Hotel,global onlookers worried that the  next landmark to be torchedwould be the world-famous Egyptian Museum, which  houses thelargest and most important collection of Pharaonic antiquitiesknown  to man. But thanks to an impressive band of protesters,that didn't  happen.  According to Al-Jazeera (..) a team ofEgyptians has formed a  "human shield" around the nationalmuseum, diverting tens of thousands of their  countrymen awayfrom the antiquities and back into the massive demonstration inMidan Tahrir square.
 
Source, BBC