Mohamed Ramadan, the supervisor general of the office of the antiquities minister, said the ministry had submitted a memorandum to the public funds prosecutors on February 16, 2014, under former Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, stating that the committee responsible for transferring some artifacts from Sakkara store (1) to the Grand Egyptian Museum has committed irregularities.
News websites have reported the disappearance of 157 artifacts from the Sakkara storage. The Antiquities Ministry submitted a request to the top prosecutor to give the ministry a permit to conduct an inventory to the storage.
Ramadan said the prosecution is currently investigating the incident.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
