After dozens of retrieved antiquities throughout the past year, the series of retuning Egyptian smuggled relics has proven to be far from over. Egypt recovered on Tuesday an ancient Egyptian relief from London. The relic was found while being sold in an auction at one of London’s international auction houses. Depicting the cartouche of King Amonhotep I, the relic was found to be stolen from the Karnak Temple in Luxor. Shaaban Abdel-Gawad, General Supervisor of theAntiquities Repatriation Department at the ministry said in a press statement that the ministry tracked the antiquity through closely following the online portals of international auction halls.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 08, 2019 17:48 UTC