Amenhotep III reigned during a time when Egypt was at the height of its prosperity and cultural development.
A one-year jail sentence handed down Sunday seemed to put to an end Zahi Hawass’ career.
The artifacts were stolen when vandals and looters broke into the Cairo museum during the January revolution.
Following the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, a new unprecedented wave of looting and vandalism washed over Egypt.
The recent looting of Egyptian artifacts raises thorny cultural questions of preserving history.
The story of the looted artifacts at the Egyptian museum almost reads like a crime-fiction story.
The toes date from before 600 B.C., pre-dating what was previously thought to be the earliest known practical prosthesic.
Following the exit of Egypt's President Mubarak, the minister of antiquities reverses an earlier statement and reveals valuable objects were stolen during a recent break-in.
Six people vandalized in minutes some 70 antiquities that had been preserved for thousands of years.
Two mummies vandalized at the Egyptian museum might be those of King Tut's great-grandparents.