Egypt receives 25 rare artifacts through New York consulate

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry, through the Consulate General in New York on Monday received one of the largest collections of artifacts illegally smuggled out of Egypt.

The recovered collection includes stone and wooden coffin lids, funerary masks made of pottery and gilded wood, a large alabaster vessel, and a portrait of a woman from Fayum showcasing the mastery of realistic portraiture in the Greco-Roman era.

The collection also includes various pieces of jewelry made of various metals, a rare gold coin dating back to the era of Ptolemy I, and small bronze and stone statues depicting aspects of Egyptian belief and art from various historical periods.

This came within the directives of Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty to recover any and all Egyptian artifacts smuggled abroad.

Abdelatty participated in the procedures of the antiquities receipt committee, formed by his ministry and Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.