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Antiquities Ministry to regain possession of Abbasid Dome beams from UK

Jan. 11, 2016 12:00

Wooden beams

By THE CAIRO POST

CAIRO: The Ministry of Antiquities will retain ownership of wooden shims that were stolen from the Dome of Abbasid Caliphs near the Mosque of Saida Nafisa in Cairo.

The beams had been put up for sale at a U.K. auction house, the ministry announced on its Facebook page Sunday.

The dome dates from the 7^th and 8^th centuries, and once the beams are repatriated they will undergo a restoration, the ministry announced.