863 genuine artefacts were seized on Cairo-Suez road
According to Dr. Mohamed
Ibrahim, Minister State of Antiquities, after forming a committee headed by Dr.
Yousif Khalifa, Director of the Central Stolen Antiquities Administration, to
examine the seized number of artifacts seized
by the Police in a private car after an attempt of escape by the driver when he
was stopped at a check point on Cairo-Suez road. The examination resulted in
863 genuine objects.
Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, said that
the recovered pieces dated back to different eras including Old Kingdom, New
Kingdom, Graeco-Roman and Islamic. The Minister believes that they are probably
were obtained during illegal digs in various parts of the country. He also
referred that there were a number of fake objects which the committee found unauthenticated.
Dr. Yousef Khalifa, said that
of the most important objects are; a limestone basin dated to the Old Kingdom
of 38.5 cm length, 24cm width and 11cm height with inscriptions in
hieroglyphics contains the name of the Priest of King Senefru, a limestone tablet
of the Old Kingdom as well with a depiction of the head and chest of Goddess
Hathor holding a mace beside a black granite statue of Hathor dated to the New
Kingdom of a 45cm height.
The recovered objects contain
10 scarabs, 180 amulets, 120 Ptolemaic coins, 407 Roman coins of bronze, 3
Osirion wooden statues, limestone statue of 24cm height dated back to the First
Intermediate Period, 22cm sand stone statue of a man wearing a long kilt dated
to the First Intermediate Period and missing few parts by the head and right
arm and shoulder which appears that it was recently restored, in addition to a
false door on limestone dated to the Old Kingdom which has a depiction of the
deceased sitting in front of offerings and inscriptions listing offerings
for the deceased are carved along the side panels.
Labels: Amulets, ancient Egyptian antiquities, Antiquities, Cairo-Suez road, Dr. Youssef Khalifa, Egypt, Goddes Hathor, Islamic antiquties, New Kingdom, Old Kingdom, Smuggling antiquties
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