Egyptian authorities at Cairo International Airport seized 13 archaeological manuscripts belonging to the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The statement added that a specialized archaeological committee was formed by the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and the Egyptian National Library and Archives, headed by Malak Noshy, an antiquities inspector in the Islamic Antiquities Sector, to investigate into the case. The committee confirmed the archaeological value of the seizures, and accordingly, necessary and immediate legal measures were taken and the items confiscated by the Ministry. Noshy, head of the archaeological committee, found that the manuscripts included Islamic jurisprudence and spiritual medicine from Bishop Mikhail of Atrib. Along with the artifacts were more manuscripts of the Great Lent’s Prayers in Coptic and in Arabic.
