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Stolen Egyptian artifacts recovered

By Ben Morales-Correa

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it has recovered seven of the eight ancient Egyptian artifacts that were stolen from the Bijbels Museum in Amsterdam in the middle of the afternoon on July 29, 2007. The Art Loss Register found them at a Manhattan auction house (one of the big two —... »



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