Egyptian Museum Curator Tarek al-Awady said 54 antiquities were stolen from the museum on 28 January, the day police withdrew from the streets of Cairo, and especially from Tahrir Square, where the museum is located.
Al-Awady sent a list of the stolen items to various media networks for dissemination.
Among the stolen items was a wooden statuette of King Tutankhamun, the broken legs and one broken hand of which were later found at the site, and another wooden statuette depicting the king wearing a red crown.
Former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass had announced during the demonstrations that the Egyptian Museum was safe.
“By safe, I meant the important gold items of Tutankhamun’s treasures,” he said later. He then said eight pieces had been stolen, of which three were found.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
