Egypt recovers two stolen artifacts


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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Egyptian reliefA 26th-dynasty limestone relief that was chopped off the tomb wall of the 26th-Dynasty nobleman Mutirdis was successfully stopped by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) from going on auction in Bonham’s auction hall in London.

The second object is a 19th-Dynasty ushabti figure of a woman named Hener, stolen from a Saqqara storehouse and now at the Leiden Museum in Amsterdam.

Al-Ahram

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