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Antiquities Ministry stops the sale of archaeological statue in Germany
Antiquities Ministry stops the sale of archaeological statue in Germany
The Antiquities Ministry was able to stop the selling of an
archaeological statue displayed in an exhibition in Germany, according
to Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty.
In a press release on Sunday, Damaty said international
communications, in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry, helped to
remove the statue from the list of displayed items in the exhibition
while seizing it, along with other relics, from the German authorities
until investigations are over.
The minister said that the statue was discovered by the Swiss
mission that was working in Aswan in 2008 and that it was robbed, along
with other items, in 2013. He added that the ministry informed Interpol
about the robbery at that time, in order to guarantee their seizure once
they reappeared. Being an archaeological piece that is registered to be
owned by Egypt, and that it has the right to prove its ownership and
restore it.
Ali Ahmed, head of the restored relics department, said that the
statue is a small one made of ivory and that it shows a person carrying a
deer on his shoulder.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
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