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Posted on 07/31/2008 12:29:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Egypt's top archaeologist said Tuesday that two Egyptian citizens were rewarded for turning in two pieces of antiquities they found while each was redecorating his house in the northern Menoufiya governorate. "The Egyptian Ministry of Culture decided to give each citizen five thousand Egyptian pounds (970 US dollars)," said Zahi Hawass, Head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).
Hawass stated that the two pieces belong to Ancient Egyptian King Ahmose of the 26th dynasty. After asserting the authenticity of the pieces, the SCA took the pieces to start their restoration process.
Hawass added that both pieces are made of pink granite and bore the name of the king in hieroglyphics.
Few years ago, Egypt's SCA had announced that anyone who will turn in a piece of antiquities will be rewarded, in a move to reduce theft and smuggling of archeological findings.
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Egypt...they have a lot of really old stuff over there.
Actually the government appears to be hereby rewarding theft, setting up as a fence, as it were.
It could be seen that way, but given the dollars involved the people most likely to turn stuff in wouldn’t be the thieves. This kind of reward is a great way to recover stuff that has been sitting around for years.
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Single arabs???
ON my computer is says Single Muslims...different and far worse.
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