Friday 30/May/2025 – 02:17 AM
The competent authorities are investigating the accused of possessing an archaeological coffin dating back to the era of the modern Pharaonic state in the Tama Center of Sohag Governorate.
The confessions of those accused of possessing an archaeological coffin due to the era of the modern Pharaonic state in Sohag
The defendants admitted that they obtained the archaeological coffin by excavating the antiquities in the mountainous area of Batma, which is affiliated with Sohag Governorate, to extract and trade in it.
The beginning is when the security services of the Ministry of Interior managed to control an archaeological coffin in the possession of two people in Sohag for the purpose of trafficking.
Information and investigations of the Tourism and Antiquities Police sector confirmed, with the participation of the public security sector, the establishment of a criminal component – a resident of the Tama Police Station Department in Sohag to possess artifacts with the intention of trafficking in them.
After the codification of the procedures, it was possible to seize it and another in possession of a sarcophagus from the alabaster consisting of two parts, and in the face of the element, he admitted that it was caused by excavation and excavation work in one of the mountainous areas of the center’s department, and with the review of the concerned authorities, it benefited the archaeological archaeological and dates back to the era of the modern Pharaonic state, and legal measures were taken.
This comes within the framework of the efforts of the Ministry of Interior to combat crimes of possession of artifacts and trafficking in them in order to preserve the country’s wealth and national heritage.
