EGYPT Facts, piece of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus in its way returning back to Egypt
4/05/2014 10:43:00 PM
Few months ago,a piece from an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus was given to Ministry of Antiquities from a French citizen as
the French citizen offered Egypt an ancient carttonnage from a painted sarcophagus he was inherited from his grandfather.
Minister of State for Antiquities, Mohamed Ibrahim, announced that this piece is 19cm long and the Ministry of Antiquities is working together with the Egyptian Embassy in Paris to bring the piece to Egypt this current week.
The minister also said that Egypt has recovered a marble statue of lion from Germany and an amount of Ptolemaic vessels made out of glass from France.
In accordance with Ibrahim, these objects were thieved from store galleries from the northeastern city of Qantarah Al-Sharqiyya because of the lack of security that took place in the country following January 2011 revolution.
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