UNESCO Issues Alert Over Artefacts Reported Stolen From Egyptian Museums

NEW YORK–(ENWESPF)–15 February 2011 – Amid reports that important artefacts have been stolen from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and other sites in the country, the head of the United Nations agency tasked with preserving humanity’s cultural heritage today alerted authorities, art dealers and collectors across the world to be on the lookout for the missing relics.

Egyptian authorities reported at the weekend that several important pieces, including a gilded wood statue of pharaoh Tutankhamen…