An attempt to smuggle 3 antique coins was foiled at Cairo airport

On his way to Dubai, a traveller was stopped by the customs and the Antiquities Unit at Cairo airport. The traveller tried to smuggle 3 antique coins.

Two of the coins dated back to 1937 (2 Piasters) and 1939 (5 Piasters).(1 pound = 100 Piasters)

Both coins hold the picture of King Farouk I. 

The third coin is 1 American dollar dated to 1789.  The coin shows on one side President George Washington and the other side the Statue of Liberty.

The coins were confiscated for the Ministry of Antiquities and procedures are being taken to hand the American coin to the United States embassy in Cairo as soon as possible based on the UNESCO convention.

3 antique pistols captured at Cairo Airport

The antiquities unit at Cairo international Airport has captured 3 antique pistols dated back to the Ottoman era.

 The pistols were in possession of a Russian traveller who wanted to bring them into the country. 

The pistols have copper handles and iron pipes. The pistols measure between 47-50 cm.

Coptic icon seized at Cairo airport

Customs officials seized a wooden icon in a metal frame dated back to Coptic era at Cairo airport. The passenger who was trying to smuggle the icon out of Egypt, tried to get rid if the icon when he got to the luggage scan. According to Ahmed El Rawy, head of the Central Administration of Archaeological Units, the icon is 26 x 30 cm and it shoes a scene of Virgin Mary and baby Jesus wearing crowns. It is also noticeable the Latin inscriptions on the sides of the icon.