The
objects include an alabaster vase inscribed with King Ramses II's cartouche,
and 13 amulets of different shapes, sizes and materials. Written By / Nevine
El-Aref.
The
Egyptian embassy in Cyprus is set to receive a collection of 14 artefacts that
have been stolen and illegally smuggled out of the country within a matter of
days, an Egyptian antiquities official has said.
The
objects include an alabaster vase inscribed with King Ramses II's cartouche,
and 13 amulets of different shapes, sizes and materials. The subjects include
the goddesses Sekhmet, Neith, Isis, and the Udjat and Djed symbols. Ushabti
figurines are also among the collection.
Shaaban
Abdel Gawad, director-general of the Antiquities Repatriation Department, told
Ahram Online that the retrieval of these objects started last year when
Interpol reported that it had seized a collection of stolen ancient Egyptian
artefacts in Nicosia.
The
Repatriation Department, he said, carried out its own investigations and
discovered that the seized objects were illegally smuggled out of the country
after the passing of the Antiquities Law in 1983 and arrived in Cyprus in 1986,
which means Egypt has a right of recovery.
In
collaboration with Egypt's ministries of foreign affairs, justice and
international cooperation, said Abdel Gawad, Cyprus has approved Egypt's right
to retrieve the artifacts and they will be returned shortly.
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