Curators in Cairo Charged with Stealing Relics & Relpacing with Fakes — Design News

By Tara Bellucci

Two Cairo curators were arrested for stealing objects from the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization and replacing them with replicas. The items in question were a statue of the fourth dynasty Egyptian King Menkaure and an ancient Islamic lantern.

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