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Following comprehensive investigations carried out by the Tourism and Antiquities Police, members of a gang specialising in illegal excavation work and the looting of antiquities have been caught red-handed.

The gang leader was arrested in his home in Giza's Abu Sir village, where a collection of 17 authentic Islamic coins, 12 Ancient Egyptian ushabti figurines and a replica statue were found hidden inside an oven.

According to the police report, this collection emerged from illegal excavations carried out by the gang members and a number of villagers in a remote archaeological area in Abu Sir.

General Osama El-Nawawi, head of the investigation department at the Tourism and Antiquities Police, referred the perpetrators for investigation. He also requested that an archaeological committee be dispatched by the Ministry of Antiquities to examine the authenticity of the confiscated objects.

Source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/105110.aspx

Of all the bad luck to have, getting nicked for excavating a replica statue, a load of old Arab coins and those crappy ushabti's...

I know someone selling "Genuine" Ushabti's 200 US Dollars each !

I know they are genuine, because he showed me how he makes them, and how he "ages" them ..
( now you know why these ones were found in the oven)

It's good to know that General Osama El-Nawawi, head of the investigation department at the Tourism and Antiquities Police, was able to apprehend the nefarious 'perps, good luck to him a true fighter of crime....
'make my day punk!
Ps: they all happily confessed after being hung upside down for three days by their big toes...

Its always advisable to toe the line in the confessional box.

what is going on over there in Egypt why are so many people stealing from the museums.

It making me so mad