#Shaaban Abdel Gawad
Fourteen ancient artifacts that were stolen and smuggled out of Egypt in the 1980s were returned by Cyprus on Tuesday, according to an official statement by the Ministry of Antiquities. The items include an alabaster base "decorated with the name of King Ramses II in addition to 13 ushabti figurines and amulets of different shapes, " were seized by Cypriot authorities in the city of Nicosia. Some of the amulets and objects bore representations of goddesses the ancient Egyptian goddesses Sekhmet,…