July 30, 2010  Print Email | Paintings stolen from Egyptian palace
Taken from the former palace of Mohamed Ali
Posted by Agencies at 12:24 PM GMT on Mar 11, 2009 | CAIRO (REUTERS): Police are investigating the theft of nine paintings from a museum palace near Cairo.
Nine paintings of a 19th century ruler of Egypt and his family were stolen from the museum palace, Egypt's culture ministry said.
The paintings were removed from their frames and taken from the former palace of Mohamed Ali, considered the founder of modern Egypt, in the northern Cairo suburb of Shobra el-Kheima on Tuesday, the ministry said.
Mohamed Ali, who ruled Egypt from 1805 to 1848, pushed through agricultural and economic reforms and established a dynasty that ruled Egypt until a revolution in 1952.
The Culture Ministry said police were investigating but had not yet made any arrests.
Egyptian artefacts are often stolen and smuggled abroad. Since 2002, Egypt has succeeded in bringing home around 5,000 stolen or smuggled artefacts.
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