Sunday, April 24, 2011

55 objects seized in El Wadi El Gedid, but are they genuine?

Luxor Times

With photo. A committee is being sent to inspect the seized items and ensure that they are genuine.

55 antiquity objects of various sizes including 2 sarcophagi dated back to different eras were seized by a police force on a raid on a known criminal’s residence in El Wadi El Gadid. The raid on Mohamed A.A. – 37 years old, residence resulted finding the mentioned antiquities plus police uniforms which led to believe they were stolen during the recent turmoil.

1 comment:

Thutmose said...

Maybe it's just me, but in that photograph at least, that stuff looks a lot like the same things that are in front of every stall in the souks at Deir el-Bahri and the Valley of the Kings. I could be wrong, but I do wonder.

James