Approximately 100 artifacts, some dating back to the time of the pharaohs, are missing from the Aswan Museum on Elephantine Island in southern Egypt. On Wednesday, January 1, the Ministry of Antiquities announced that 96 works, mostly small figurines and beads, were missing from the museum’s store and that a lock on the inner door had been broken. The disappearance is a first for the museum.
The Aswan Museum opened to the public in 1912 and features Nubian artifacts including utensils, weapons, pottery and mummies.
