Egypt will retrieve 239 artefacts from France in the next few days

A collection of 302 artefacts were smuggled to France after illicit digs. After they were seized by the French authorities, the Louvre museum experts examined them and validated the authenticity of 239 artefacts which France is returning them back to Egypt in the next few days.

Minister of Antiquties, Dr. Mamdouh El Damaty said that the ministry of antiquities claimed back also the other 63 objects which the French experts decided they were not genuine.  

Ali Ahmed, Director of the Repatriated Antiquities department, said “The artefacts are dated to different era of Ancient Egyptian civilization. They include; coloured wooden statues of sailors which were a part of a funerary boat model, a limestone tablet showing a scene of offering to Isis and Osiris as well as a number of amulets, Ushabtis, pottery and stone vessels beside Roman, Byzantine and Islamic coins.

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29 Byzantine gold coins found in Deir El Bakhit in Luxor

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of Antiquities, announced during his visit to Luxor today the discovery of 29 Gold coins all dated back to the 5th and 6th century A.D. (Byzantine era)

The discovery is a result of the German mission working in Deir El Bakhit in Dra Abu ElNaga.

The Minister said during his visit to the site that the coins were found in a tomb in the site. A part of a column was found which has a hole and inside the hole, there were the coins wrapped in linen.