Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities have received an antique stone carving with a cartouche of King Amenhotep I on Tuesday, after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs managed to retrieve it from an Auction Hall in London. Supervisor for the department of restored antiquities Shaban Abdel Gawad clarified that the ministry discovered the stone in a London auction hall and succeeded at stopping its sale by cooperating with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UK government. The Egyptian Embassy in the United Kingdom received the stone from the UK government in September, he said. King Amenhotep I was the second Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. King Amenhotep I was a son of Ahmose I and Ahmose–Nefertari, but had at least two elder brothers, Ahmose-ankh and Ahmose Sapair, and was not expected to inherit the throne.

Source: Egypt Independent January 08, 2019 14:26 UTC