An inventory of artefacts at a number of museums’ stores was held by 160 commissions affiliated to the Ministry of Antiquities across all governorates. Elham Salah, head of the Antiquities Ministry’s Museums Section, said that the ministry has formed 200 commissions to conduct a stocktake of artefacts at all museums in Cairo and other governorates. She told Daily News Egypt that the ministry has formed 100 additional commissions several months ago to help in the inventory, bringing the total number of commissions to 300. Salah continued that these commissions also observe the delivery and receipt of the artefacts from one storage space to another. According to Helmy, there are 1,030 Islamic artefacts, 88 churches, and 11 synagogues registered at the Ministry of Antiquities.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 11, 2017 13:56 UTC