They were angry and there was a big hunt to find the person responsible. They could find him easily because the message wasn't very imaginative or clever. It was basically " Ding Jinhao was here ". That was enough for Internet user to find this particular Ding Jinhao, a teenager in Nanjing. His parent were quick to tell a local newspaper that their son was very sorry for his actions. Ding's graffiti was a terrible idea. It is a serious crime to write on a historic monument in Egypt. You can go to prision for a year for doing it. But in the past, people could write on monuments and no-one was angry about it. At Giza there is an example of graffiti on a temple wall from 1244 BC. It says: ' Hadnakhte ... came to make an excursion and amuse himself on the west of the Memphis, together with his brother, Panakhti ' In Roman times, it was normal to write message on ancient monuments, to become part of the monument forever. One of the first Egyptologist, the Italian, Giovanni Belzoni, was the first modern man to enter the pyramid of Khafre. Inside the pyramid today you can read his text celebrating the discovery, with his name and the date. Later, in the second half of the 19th century, Europeans could travel around the world thanks to the first package holidays. In those days, tourists could climb to the top he Great Pyramid. Soon there was graffiti in just about every language up there. Luckily, it wasn't difficlult to make Ding Jinhao's graffiti disappear. But China's National Tourism Administration is right to advise all tourists t act in a civilised 1. What do you think about Ding Jinhao actions? . 2. What your opinion of graffiti, either tourist graffiti or street graffiti?