Smuggled antiquities to be returned to Egypt
Egypt

Smuggled antiquities to be returned to Egypt


Egypt State Information Service

Dr. Zahi Hawas, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Antiquities has received lately a letter from the United States saying the FBI has discovered the secret behind disappearance of 90 antiquities from Cairo University antiquities storehouse 12 years ago.

According to the FBI, the antiquities have been smuggled by an international gang.

Hawas said that a delegation will visit the US to get the antiquities back after completion of the procedures proving Egypt's ownership of the antiquities.






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