Zahi Hawass announced the recovery of four pharaonic artifacts (photo: Rania Galal)
Zahi Hawass, Secretary of State for antiques, today announced a statue of Tutankhamun during Egypt's anti-Government protests was sacked, along with three other pharaonic artifacts was returned to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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Stolen if Cairo museum broke vandals and looters in the during the January revolution, which brought President Hosni Mubarak, the statue is cataloged as JE 60710.1, one of the three gold-plated wooden statues of Tutankhamun, the missing declared in March were (the official list of members), have been a total 63 contain objects stolen from the Egyptian Museum).
Statue of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian Museum is missing since January, shows he returned his State. (Photo by Rania Galal)
The statue suffered shows the young King in a boat and take a Harpoon, a low damage.
"A small part of the Crown is missing as well as parts of the legs." The boat is still in the Museum, and the figure of the King are reunited with it and restored, "Hawass, antiquities, last month named Minister, said in a statement."
Two other objects were returned to the Tutankhamun collection.
The Golden trumpet of Tutankhamun and his wood core. (Photo by Rania Galal)
One is the Pharaoh of the gold-plated bronze and wooden trumpet (JE 62008).
"It was recorded in excellent condition and will be put immediately on the screen," Hawass said.
The fan that was returned. One face was in 11 pieces broken, while the other face was preserved. (Photo by Rania Galal)
Also returned part of Tutankhamun's fan. One face is in good condition, while the other in 11 pieces broke.
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The fourth retrieved piece is a Shabti statue as JE 68984. It is one of the 10 missing Shabtis include the Pharaonic couple Yuya and Tjuya, the recent DNA tests as the King of great grandparents tut identified.
One of the 10 missing Shabtis Yuya and Tjuya, which was not restored. (Photo by Rania Galal)
"It is still in very good condition." It requires no recovery and will be placed immediately on the screen, "said Tarek El-Awady, Director of the Egyptian Museum in a statement."
About 1,000 relics have stolen from museums and archaeological sites in Egypt since the beginning of the protests against the Government in January.
Hawass has announced today that a special police force is set up to protect sites and museums around the country.
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