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Seventy Egyptian artefacts found in illegal possession are authenticated
The ministry of state for antiquities verified the authenticity of 70 ancient Egyptian objects found in possession of three people in Giza
Nevine El Aref Published in Ahram Online on 19 - 06 - 2012

The archaeological committee of the central administration for confiscated antiquities, led by Youssef Khalifa, verified the authenticity of a collection of ancient Egyptian objects that were found in the possession of three people in Giza.
The Tourism and Antiquities Police (TAP) was conducting its routine work to search for artefacts that were reported missing from several archaeological sites in Egypt in the aftermath of Egypt's 2011 revolution.
When the police caught the people with the objects, the TAP called the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) to inspect them and check on their authenticity.
Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim revealed on Monday that 70 out of the more than 110 objects found were authenticated, including:
A collection of 17 late pharaonic period amulets, depicting the lioness goddess of joy and blessings, Sekhmet; the god of the universe, Toth; goddess of magic and life, Isis; god of the afterlife, Osiris and the fertility goddess, Tawert
nine eye scarabs
rings
bronze spoons
many coloured seeds of different shapes and sizes
two sets of Roman and Islamic bronze coins
glass bottles
Khalifa said that these objects were not registered with the ministry's antiquities list, which means that they were stolen from illicit digging in archaeological sites.
The artefacts will be restored in a step towards displaying them at the museological store on Egypt's Giza plateau.
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