FILE – Minister of Antiquities Khaled Anani
CAIRO – 19 November 2017: Shaaban Abdel Gawad, director of the Egyptian Repatriation Department, has announced that Egypt will retrieve 14 missing artifacts from Cyprus during Sisi’s upcoming presidential visit on Sunday.
The artifacts include a vase which dates back to the era of Ramses II.
Abdel Gawad confirmed that the ministry is using the country’s international agreements to retrieve smuggled artifacts such as these. The artifacts were smuggled illegally into Cyprus in 2016 and were reported to be missing by Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Anani.
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