Wednesday 12 October 2011

Limestone relief reported missing in January turmoil recovered



The Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Police yesterday succeeded in recovering an ancient Egyptian limestone relief which had been reported missing during the chaos that followed the January 25 Revolution.

The relief, which was discovered by the Czech archaeological mission in Abusir, was one metre tall and 60 centimetres wide. It depicted four walking geese with a hieroglyphic text.

For more see Ahram Online

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