The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities (EMA) received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs an ancient stone panel that dates back to the age of King Nectanebo II of the Thirtieth Dynasty, according to a press statment. Shaaban Abdel-Gawad, General Supervisor of Antiquities Repatriation Department, said EMA succeeded in monitoring the artifact through following up the websites of international auction halls, as the stone panel was displayed at one of the auction halls in Paris. Immediately, the Egyptian ministry took all the necessary procedures to stop the sale until it was restored. The artifact has a scientific publication dedicated to its history in one of the foreign scientific journals. The artifacts that were recovered.

Source: Egypt Independent May 10, 2017 14:03 UTC