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The Collection Subjected to Smuggling
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Ahmed
Al-Rawi, head of the Seized Antiquities Unit at the Ministry of Antiquities,
explained that the items were seized at Badr City's dry land port, confiscated,
and sent to the ministry because they fall under the legal category of Egyptian
antiquities, which are protected by the Antiquities Law 117 of 1983 and its
later amendment in law 3, 2010.
Ahmed
Fatouh, Director of the Antiquities Units in Dry Land Ports, said that the
collection includes a vase decorated with flora and fauna as well as a
rose-colored tea set of five cups, complete with plates and a sugar container,
which depict a European woman surrounded by plants.
Director
of the Badr Antiquities Unit, Mamdouh Abu Amar, said that also among the
confiscated lot were two metal jardinière bearing the monogram of Egypt's King
Farouk. Illegally
transported antiquities and heritage items are a common find at Egyptian ports.
El-Rawi
told Ahram Online that authorities at Cairo International Airport recently
seized original scripts for a well-known Egyptian radio program,
"Tasali," which aired in the 1970s and 1980s and was presented by
famous Egyptian anchor Inas Gohar.
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