Egypt retrieves seven statues, falcon-shaped Horus mummy

Egypt retrieved seven monumental statues from Italy that were seized by authorities in an Italian woman's house.

Moreover, Egypt retrieved a mummy of falcon-shaped god Horus that was handed by a German to the Egyptian Consulate in Hamburg.

The German had inherited the eagle from his grandfather. Meanwhile, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni highlighted that retrieving these pieces of antiquities were the result of cooperation between culture, foreign and justice ministries with the Italian authorities which had implemented a judicial ruling in favor of Egypt to retrieve its seven statues.

Furthermore, chairman of the Egyptian antiquities sector archaeologist Sabry Abdul Aziz returned to Egypt on Monday coming from Italy after receiving the seven statues which will be handed to the Egyptian museum.

Abdul Aziz said that the seven statues date back to late Pharaonic periods and have ancient Egyptian language inscriptions and used to help the deceased in the afterlife.