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Egypt arrests Turk with ancient Coptic relics
Customs officials on Tuesday arrested a Turkish man at Cairo airport after they found ancient 27 Coptic Christian relics in his luggage, an airport official said. The 72-year-old traveler is suspected of trying to smuggle three Coptic bibles, two illustrated papyrus scrolls and fabrics dating back to the 6th century. The man reportedly said he... »
Egypt seeking return of ancient coffin from U.S.
Egyptian and U.S. authorities are in talks to repatriate a 3,000-year-old pharaonic-era wood coffin that was smuggled out of Egypt 125 years ago, recently bought by an American from a Spanish dealer and shipped to the United States. The ornately decorated coffin belonged to Pharaoh Ames of the 21st Dynasty, which ruled from 1081 B.C.... »
This time is Egypt's turn to return stolen artifact
Egypt’s antiquities chief unveiled Sunday a bronze statue of what he described as an ancient Mesopotamian goddess that had been looted from Iraq. Zahi Hawass said an Egyptian man working in Jordan was caught at Nuweiba port trying to smuggle the statue into the country. The antiquities chief said he couldn’t tell exactly the age... »
Dispute over a precious ancient Egyptian burial gold mask
A stunning funerary gold mask of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman from the court of Pharaoh Ramses II is at the center of a controversy between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the St. Louis Museum of Art, who presently has the artifact in its collection. The dispute has even escalated to the personal, as... »
Two Egyptians rewarded for turning in antiquities
Two Egyptian citizens were rewarded for turning in two pieces of antiquities they found while each was redecorating his house in the northern Menoufiya governorate. “The Egyptian Ministry of Culture decided to give each citizen five thousand Egyptian pounds (970 US dollars),” said Zahi Hawass , Head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). The two... »
