https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200211-egypt-parliament-approves-punitive-measures-for-antiquity-climbers/
Egypt parliament approves punitive measures for antiquity climbers
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| Egypt's parliament has approved amendments to the antiquities protection law, stipulating that anyone who climbs onto antiquities, or violates public morals with them, will be punished. |
Those convicted of carrying out any of the two acts will be sentenced to no less than a month in prison or fined no more than 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($6,356), or receive both a jail term and a fine.
The penalty will be increased for multiple offenders.
Egypt has been putting in place legislation to protect antiquities which have been damaged or smuggled out of the country as a result of the 2011 revolution and the following military coup.
In 2016, Egypt and the US signing a bilateral agreement to stop the import of smuggled artefacts.
According to National Geographic, the initiative represented the first bilateral cultural property agreement between the US and a nation in the Middle East or North Africa.
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