EGYPT: EGYPT RESTORES TWO ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOOD ALABASTER BOXES.
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Date: 3/27/2007
Egypt has succeeded in retrieving two food alabaster boxes in the shape of ducks which had been excavated by Dr. Dieter Arnold in 1979 from the pyramid complex of Amenemhat III at Dahshur then smuggled abroad. These were reconstructed, then taken immediately to the magazines at Saqqara and stored there, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced Sunday. Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawass explained ...
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