King Tut statue among missing Egypt treasures, minister says

CNN NEWS WIRE ^ | 13 Feb 2011 | Staff

[Red Badger]

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- At least 17 artifacts from the Egyptian Museum of Cairo are missing following a break-in, the country's minister of antiquities said Sunday. The missing objects include a gilded wood statue of King Tutankhamun being carried by a goddess; parts of a gilded wood statue of Tutankhamun harpooning; a limestone statue of Akhenaten; a statue of Nefertiti making offerings; a sandstone head of an Amarna princess; a stone statuette of a scribe from Amarna; 1 wooden shabti statuettes of Yuya; and a heart scarab of Yuya. The discovery that the ancient treasures are missing came after museum staff took an inventory, Zahi Hawass said in a statement The police and army plan to question people who are already in custody, Hawass said.

[Red Badger]

These are some of the most famous Egyptian artifacts in the world. How in hell did they think they could fence them? Every crime agency in the world would be looking out for them.......

[Red Badger]

All points bulletin....

[fso301]

These are some of the most famous Egyptian artifacts in the world. How in hell did they think they could fence them? Every crime agency in the world would be looking out for them.......

Usually some mafioso or despot will buy stuff like that.

[NordP]

Frickin’ idiots - it’s their OWN and the world’s history...idiots.

[kbennkc]

Water board Zahi Hawass.

[Richard Kimball]

My guess is that they want to destroy them, not fence them. The hard core Islamists believe anything referencing any other god besides allah must be destroyed.

[Red Badger]

Live On the History Channel?......

[Red Badger]

They could have done that in the museum......

[Red Badger]

Criminals don’t care a whit for history or culture, theirs or anybody elses......

[NoRedTape]

In the San Francisco earthquake they had a "shoot to kill order" for anyone suspected of starting a fire with the open gas lines.

I've spent hours in the Cairo Museum. You mean they didn't have appropriate security? WHAT?

[NoLibZone]

Guilty but this time its OK with the Caliphatists:

"With 80 million people in a country that suffers from poverty and rising food prices ... you have to expect that some people are going to be desperate and look for any means necessary to try to improve their lot," said Kara Cooney, assistant professor of Egyptian art and architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles, and host of the Discovery Channel's "Out of Egypt."

[Red Badger]

I know he didn’t take them, I just don’t like his pompous ass......

[kbennkc]

Same here. he already had them , just failed to hang onto them.

[Red Badger]

If the people in custody have anything to do with this, it would really suck to be them right about now.....

[Red Badger]

Maybe an inside job......

[Red Badger]

Even a Mafia type isn’t keen on red hot stuff. Too many eyes.....

[Red Badger]

Maybe we can get a Geraldo Special outta this....

[Verginius Rufus]

Somehow this has got to be the fault either of George W. Bush or of Sarah Palin. Give MSNBC and The New York Times a few hours to work out the talking points.

[MHGinTN]

One in twenty four are actual Egyptians. The Arabs have no love for the History of one of the most ancient civilizations on the planet. To the primitive minds of mooselimb Arabs, the lesser moon goddess, ‘al alah’, must be placated don’tchaknow.

[freedumb2003]

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