Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass has denied that one of King Tutankhamun's gilded masks was stolen from the Egyptian Museum.
In a statement issued today, Hawass said that international reporters have photographed the mask next to two of Tutankhamun's gilded coffins, all of which are safe at the museum.
None of King Tut's jewelery–discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1925–was stolen when thieves entered the museum on 28 January.
Artifacts that were stolen include a gilded wooden statue of the 18th dynasty Tutankhamun being carried by a goddess, the torso and upper limbs of a gilded statue of the king using a harpoon, a limestone statue of Akhenaten, a statue of Nefertiti, a sandstone head of an Amarna princess, a statuette of a scribe from Amarna, shabti statuettes from Yuya, and a Yuya heart scarab.
