MINISTRY OF ANTIQUITIES PRESS OFFICE ---------------- ِANTIQUITIES MINISTRY RECEIVES TWO REPATRIATED OBJECTS

Ministry of Antiquities
Press Office
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ِAntiquities Ministry receives two repatriated Objects
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Ministry of Antiquities is to receive two archaeological objects from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after repatriating them from Austria and Germany… Stated Dr. Eldamaty, Minister of Antiquities.

General Manager of the Ministry of Antiquities' Repatriated Antiquities Department, Ali Ahmad affirmed that the two pieces were smuggled outside Egypt and they are: a 26th Dynasty Ushabti for "Hr Iraa" which was seized while two Austrian citizens were trying to sell it. The Ministry of Antiquities succeeded to repatriate it in collaboration with the INTERPOL, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Egypt's Embassy in Vienna.

The second object, added Ali, is a fragment of a Middle Kingdom Stela, known by "the stela of the dog" which is extracted from the tomb of King Wahankh Intef II and was displayed in Munich Museun. The objects will be displayed in the Grand Egyptian Museum after its opening.

© Ministry of Antiquities, Press Office
Wrote: Asmaa Mostafa
Translated by: Eman Hossni