Egyptian artefacts recovered after looting, now on show in Cairo
But the country’s heritage remains at risk.
Around 200 stolen artefacts, recovered since Egypt’s 2011 revolution, are now on show at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo in an exhibition that runs for three months.
Most of the objects were recovered abroad, while some 60 were seized in Egypt before they could leave the country.
Among those recently recovered are ten pieces stolen from the
The Art Newspaper
May 22, 2014
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Egyptian Museum in January 2011, including a small gilded statue of Tutankhamun and shabti figurines. These were returned to the museum at the end of April after a police officer, working undercover as an antiquities buyer, organised a meeting with an alleged looter, who was subsequently arrested. According to Ahram Weekly, of the 54 antiquities stolen from the Egyptian Museum, only ten remain missing.
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