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Notizie Tutte le notizie Contrabbando di mummie
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La polizia egiziana ha confiscato 4 mummie egizie trafugate da un antico cimitero e 10 statue che stavano per essere vendute e che sarebbero probabilmente finite all'estero. Tre persone sono state arrestate.
Egypt Catches Mummy Smugglers
Wrapped in layers of linen and decorated with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, the mummies were found in the southern province of Minya, 135 miles south of Cairo, the official said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press. The three smugglers also were found with 10 small ancient statues. They confessed that they had planned to sell the objects to antiquities brokers, the official said. The mummies are of a child and three men, but no further details were available, the official said. Archeologists were summoned to check the mummies, he added. Egypt has drastically stepped up efforts in recent years to stop the trafficking of its antiquities. It has warned foreign museums that it will not help them mount exhibitions on ancient Egypt unless they return smuggled artifacts. By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt — Police arrested three antiquities smugglers and confiscated the four mummies they had stolen Wednesday south of Cairo, a security official said. Wrapped in layers of linen and decorated with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, the mummies were found in the southern province of Minya, 220 kilometers (135 miles) south of Cairo, the official said speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press. The three smugglers confessed that they carried the mummies in a truck to Fayyoum earlier on the day to sell them to other antiquities brokers, the official said. The mummies belong to a child and three men, but no further details were available of their identities or age, the official said and added that a delegation of archeologists were summoned to check the mummies. Along with the mummies, police also confiscated 10 small statues. Egypt has drastically stepped up efforts in recent years to stop trafficking of its antiquities. It has warned foreign museums that it will not help them mount exhibitions on ancient Egypt unless they return smuggled artifacts. fonte: Fox News CAIRO (AFP) — Egyptian police have arrested three would-be smugglers trying to sell intricately painted Pharaonic-era mummies for more than five million dollars, a security source said on Wednesday. Tourist police in the town of Fayyum, south of Cairo, arrested the men on Tuesday as they sought to sell the four mummies and other looted artefacts on the international antiquities black market. The source said the mummies appeared to have been stolen from an illegal dig carried out by the men near Minya, 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Fayum, and are likely previously unknown to antiquities authorities. "One of the mummies is of a child, the other three are of men, all covered with linen and plaster," the source said, adding that another 10 small statues and a Pharaonic sarcophagus decorated with hieroglyphs were also seized. "These smugglers were arrested before they could sell the mummies to antiquities traders for 20 million Egyptian pounds (5.3 million dollars)," the source said. The tourist police in Fayyum are now trying to work out exactly how old the artefacts are and who the mummies are. The smugglers face a minimum of three years in jail. |
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