21-12-2016 12:10 via theartnewspaper.com

Two mosque lamps stolen from Egypt's national collection returned to Cairo

Two valuable Medieval mosque lamps that were stolen from the Egyptian national collection and put up for sale in the Gulf have been returned to the country from the United Arab Emirates.   
The Art Newspaper first reported the suspected thefts in 2014, after photographs of several lamps, one appearing to carry an Egyptian museum label, were circulated among collectors in London, the Gulf and Istanbul. 
One Gulf collector had paid 500,000 for one of the lamps while an Abu Dha
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