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  • Citizen excavating for antiquities near Pyramids arrested

    02/15/2019 11:16:18 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 6 replies
    Egypt Today ^ | Tuesday, February. 5, 2019 | staff
    Tourism and Antiquities police managed to arrest an offender for illegally excavating two trenches inside his house near the Giza Pyramids to search for monuments, according to reports on Tuesday. The illegal excavation in Nazlet al-Samman area led to the discovery of an ancient burial site including six incomplete wall-relief statues, a statement by the General Administration of Tourism and Antiquities Police revealed. The statement did not specify the age of the items discovered. Law No. 117 of 1983 imposes a prison term of 5 to 7 years and a fine of not less than LE 5,000($284) and not more...