smuggled antiquities
The Egyptian Consulate General in New York received the rare artifacts, which were smuggled out of Egypt illegally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
These coins date back to the Ottoman era and are circular coins of different denominations with holes for hanging.
A delegation from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism traveled to Washington, DC, to discuss with the American side ways of joint cooperation to recover Egyptian antiquities smuggled by illegal means.
Egypt’s Public Prosecutor Hamada al-Sawy retrieved, Wednesday 114 looted antiquities that were smuggled to France, as part of the joint investigations launched by Egypt’s Prosecution and the French judicial authorities.
