# Egyptian Antiquities

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-antiquities/428349>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 30, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-antiquities/428349 "2007-11-30T19:54:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Spezza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Spezza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spezza)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-antiquities/428349/1 "2007-11-30T19:54:22Z")

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I am certain it is illegal to remove any antiquity from Egypt. However, I cannot find any government site or document which explicitly documents this.

Could someone provide a cite / link that does show where this law exists?

thank you

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-antiquities/428349/2 "2007-11-30T20:24:20Z")

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You’re looking for law 117, enacted in 1983 claiming state ownership for all artifacts found in Egypt.  
[Link](http://audit2.clio.it/legaldocs/egitto01.htm)

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**Author:** ![Spezza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Spezza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spezza)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-antiquities/428349/3 "2007-11-30T20:52:14Z")

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**gargnu** , thank you.