The Egyptian authorities have arrested three people who tried to steal an ancient statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II, weighing 10 tons, from the ancient city of Aswan, in the south of the country, using a crane, it was announced on Tuesday.
And the Egyptian justice said, in a statement, that it had ordered the arrest of three people for a period of four days, while the investigation was underway, on charges of “attempting to steal a pharaonic statue” in the ancient city of Aswan in the south. , about 675 kilometers south of Cairo.
The police revealed, according to the statement, that “three people were arrested in possession of manual digging tools, heavy equipment and a crane” that they used in an attempt to “raise the statue and excavate the antiquities of the area.”
The Aswan Antiquities Authority has proven its impact [da estátua] I attributed it to Ramses II, and it weighs about 10 tons,” added the Egyptian judiciary in the same note.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office also ordered police to promptly investigate “other persons involved with crime suspects”.
Ramesses II, one of the most famous pharaohs of the 19th dynasty, ruled for 67 years. He was known as a great warrior and prolific builder who ordered the construction of temples all over Egypt.
Over the past decade, Egypt has recovered some 29,000 artifacts that were illegally taken out of the country.
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