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Agency executive Khaled El-Anany, Minister Child agency Antiquities Repatriation | ||
The Ministry of State of Antiquities is the Egyptian government organization which serves to investigate and conserve the history of Egypt.
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History
It was formed from the Supreme Council of Antiquities in 2011 during the reign of President Hosni Mubarak to deal with the security and theft of Egyptian antiquities.
Over the years, thousands of stolen antiquities have made their way back to Egypt. In late 2016, the ministry recovered and repatriated two of four lamps, from the Islamic era, which had been stolen in 2015.
Ministers
References
Ministry of State of Antiquities Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA