Over 2,200 looted artefacts, many from ancient Egypt, were seized as part of a Europe-wide *****down that also snared 35 suspected traffickers, Europol an**unced Wednesday. Among the most valuable of the recovered cultural items was a majestic bust of Egyptian goddess Sekhmet worth an estimated 100,000 euros ($113,000), said Spanish police Captain Javier Morales, an expert in historic objects. The 36 stolen items Spanish police showed to the press, which included a statue of the goddess Isis and a vase covered in hieroglyphics, were alone worth up to 300,000 euros. Some of the objects were likely looted from the burial site Saqqara and ruins near Mit Rahina in Egypt, police said.
01-30-2015, 03:12 PM
2,200 pillaged artefacts seized in European *****down
Over 2,200 looted artefacts, many from ancient Egypt, were seized as part of a Europe-wide *****down that also snared 35 suspected traffickers, Europol an**unced Wednesday. Among the most valuable of the recovered cultural items was a majestic bust of Egyptian goddess Sekhmet worth an estimated 100,000 euros ($113,000), said Spanish police Captain Javier Morales, an expert in historic objects. The 36 stolen items Spanish police showed to the press, which included a statue of the goddess Isis and a vase covered in hieroglyphics, were alone worth up to 300,000 euros. Some of the objects were likely looted from the burial site Saqqara and ruins near Mit Rahina in Egypt, police said.
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