Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz)
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Egypt
Egypt to receive four stolen artifacts from the UK
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz)
Four antiques from the time of King Amnehotep III will be returned to Egypt by the UK within days, said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mohamed Abdel Maksoud in a statement on Saturday.
They were seized when an American amateur collector tried to sell them in London.
The pieces were up for sale in a specialized auction house when a British Museum trustee stopped the auction and confirmed that the pieces were genuine. A team of English, Egyptian and German researchers was formed to examine the artifacts, which proved their origin.
The pieces had been removed from the base of an ancient statue of Amnehotep III in his mortuary temple in Luxor, the statement said.
- Australia Will Return 122 Egyptian Archeological Pieces
Canberra Times (Samantha Meys) A hoard of stolen ancient Egyptian artefacts were yesterday returned to Egypt after a whirlwind few months of travel. Office for the Arts representative Sally Basser handed the 122 artefacts to ambassador Omar Metwally in...
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PR Inside Egypt said Monday that it retrieved a 2,500-year-old limestone relief from London after its sale was blocked by Bonhams auction house there because it had been looted from a pharaoh's tomb. A team of Egyptian archaeologists traveled to Britain...
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http://tinyurl.com/d59zs "Egypt has managed to foil an attempt to sell 50 Pharaohnic artifacts at the Medousa auction in Canada, said Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni. Secretary of the National Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawwas said that the Council...