There are rumours that the Cairo Museum has been looted again during the current unrest in Tahrir Square. The museum's Director, Tarek El-Awady, has said that the rumours are false and that the museum is open for business and has had 13,000 visitors in the last few days.
The museum was targeted by a gang of thieves who took advantage of the revolution in Tahrir Square to rob the museum's Amarna collection. More than 50 objects were taken, of which about half have been returned, some quite dubiously and conveniently.
Still missing are most of Yuya and Thuyu`s shabtis, several pieces of King Tutankhamun`s statues, which were broken during the robbery, including a tiny statuette of the king that used to rest on a goddess. Also missing are a number of pieces that occupied a cabinet in the Amarna gallery, including a stone head of a princess.
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