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| 3 men arrested over attempt to steal 10-tonne statue of Egyptian pharaoh |
| 2023-01-12 |
| [AFRICANEWS] The Egyptian authorities have arrested three people who tried to steal a 10-ton statue of Pharaoh Ramses II using a crane. The prosecutor's office said in a statement on Tuesday that it had "ordered the detention of three defendants for four days pending investigation," accusing them of "attempting to steal a pharaonic statue" in the ancient southern city of Aswan, some 675 kilometres south of Cairo on the Nile. According to the statement, police reported that "three people were arrested in possession of manual digging tools and heavy equipment, a crane," which they had used in an attempt to "lift the statue and excavate the antiquities in the area." The Aswan Antiquities Authority proved "the antiquity (of the statue) and attributed it to Ramses II, with a weight of about 10 tons," the statement added. The prosecutor's office ordered police to "promptly investigate others involved with the suspects in the crime." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Probably Nubians. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-01-12 18:50 |
| #3 I wonder who the buyer was. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-12 12:36 |
| #2 "Lift with your legs." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-12 12:24 |
| #1 ...If yer gonna do it, do it BIG... Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-01-12 08:51 |