US EditionEgyptian police in Minya arrest man possessing hundreds of antiquities
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Egyptian police in Minya arrest man possessing hundreds of antiquities
The Tourism and Antiquities Police in Minya arrested a suspect on Saturday in possession of 277 artifacts intended for sale after he acquired them illegally through unauthorized excavations. Investigations conducted by the tourism and antiquities sectors and the public security services revealed that the suspect, a resident of the Deir-Mawas area, possessed antiquities for the purpose of trafficking, using his residence as a base for his crimina…
The trafficking of antiquities in Egypt is one of the most persistent and painful threats to the history of humanity. In a recent effort to protect its considerable cultural heritage, the authorities achieved a great confiscation with which they attempt to curb the dark intentions of the looters of sacred enclosures. Egypt’s Ministry of Interior confirmed the capture of an individual who held 277 artifacts originating from various periods of the…
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