The Egyptian Dar Al Iftaa settles the controversy over the citizen's ownership of antiquities if they are found

Yesterday, Thursday, the Egyptian Dar Al Iftaa published a fatwa on the subject of trading in antiquities if a person finds it inside a land he owns.

This came in a statement published by Dar Al Iftaa on its official page on Twitter, in which it said: “It is not permissible to trade in antiquities, and if a person finds them in a land that he owns, he is not allowed to dispose of it except within the limits of what the guardian allows and is regulated by law, which achieves the public interest, because that is Antiquities are considered public funds because of their historical, cultural, scientific and economic values, all of which are conducive to the interest, growth and progress of society.

In a related context, the Egyptian Dar Al Iftaa had published a previous statement in which it commented on the issue of excavation and extraction of mummies amid the controversy that accompanied that about the rule of "exhuming graves", saying: "There is no legal objection to the competent bodies studying antiquities by taking out ancient mummies," And displaying them in museums, with full precaution in dealing with them, without prejudice to the rights of the dead to honor, which is what the competent authorities do in museums and others. "