The Ministry of Antiquities mission to recover stolen together with illegally smuggled antiquities has successfully seen the repatriation of a relief amongst the cartouch of King Amenhotep I.
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| Relief of Amenhotep I cartouche looted from the Temple of Karnak inward 1988 [Credit: Egypt. Ministry of Antiquities] |
Gawad said the archeologist realised that the relief is the same 1 that was stolen inward 1988 from the open-air museum inward Karnak Temple Complex inward Luxor, equally the relief is carved inward limestone together with inscribed amongst the get upwardly of manlike soul monarch Amenhotep I.
The archeologist thus promptly reported the incident to the Ministry of Antiquities. The ministry building thus took all necesasary legal together with diplomatic procedures to cease the sale of the relief, together with provide it to Egypt.
The relief, Abdel Gawad said, was handed over to the Egyptian diplomatic mission inward London yesterday together with is to laid upwardly to come upwardly habitation inside days.
Author: Nevine El-Aref | Source: Ahram Online [September 22, 2018]
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