• A woman dressed as Mexico's iconic "Catrina" poses for tourists in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, as part of the Day of the Dead festivities in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The holiday honors the dead as friends and family gather in cemeteries to decorate the graves of their loved ones. and hold a vigil during the night of November 1 and 2. (AP Photo / Marco Ugarte)
    A woman dressed as Mexico's iconic "Catrina" poses for tourists in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, as part of the Day of the Dead festivities in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The holiday honors the dead as friends and family gather in cemeteries to decorate the graves of their loved ones. and hold a vigil during the night of November 1 and 2. (AP Photo / Marco Ugarte)
  • Cuba's National Ballet dancers perform during the 27th Alicia Alonso International Ballet Festival of Havana at the National Theatre of Havana. AFP
    Cuba's National Ballet dancers perform during the 27th Alicia Alonso International Ballet Festival of Havana at the National Theatre of Havana. AFP
  • Models apply make-up backstage before walking the runway during the Lagos Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria. AFP
    Models apply make-up backstage before walking the runway during the Lagos Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria. AFP
  • Katja, 23, with her cats in their new flat in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. EPA
    Katja, 23, with her cats in their new flat in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. EPA
  • Indian Army cadets celebrate after their graduation at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai. AFP
    Indian Army cadets celebrate after their graduation at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai. AFP
  • Residents arrive with their belongings at an evacuation centre in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, to shelter from Typhoon Nalgae. EPA
    Residents arrive with their belongings at an evacuation centre in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, to shelter from Typhoon Nalgae. EPA
  • The crescent moon sets beyond a stop light in Overland Park, Kansas. AP
    The crescent moon sets beyond a stop light in Overland Park, Kansas. AP
  • Demonstrators take part in the March of the Mummies national protest to demand government reform on childcare, parental leave and flexible working, in London, England. PA
    Demonstrators take part in the March of the Mummies national protest to demand government reform on childcare, parental leave and flexible working, in London, England. PA

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Today's best photos: from Mexico's iconic Catrina to march of the mummies

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October 29, 2022

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The smuggler

Eldarir had arrived at JFK in January 2020 with three suitcases, containing goods he valued at $300, when he was directed to a search area.
Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the deceased for the afterlife.
Also found was a cartouche of a Ptolemaic king on a relief that was originally part of a royal building or temple. 
The largest single group of items found in Eldarir’s cases were 400 shabtis, or figurines.

Khouli conviction

Khouli smuggled items into the US by making false declarations to customs about the country of origin and value of the items.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he provided “false provenances which stated that [two] Egyptian antiquities were part of a collection assembled by Khouli's father in Israel in the 1960s” when in fact “Khouli acquired the Egyptian antiquities from other dealers”.
He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service in 2012 after admitting buying and smuggling Egyptian antiquities, including coffins, funerary boats and limestone figures.

For sale

A number of other items said to come from the collection of Ezeldeen Taha Eldarir are currently or recently for sale.
Their provenance is described in near identical terms as the British Museum shabti: bought from Salahaddin Sirmali, "authenticated and appraised" by Hossen Rashed, then imported to the US in 1948.

- An Egyptian Mummy mask dating from 700BC-30BC, is on offer for £11,807 ($15,275) online by a seller in Mexico

- A coffin lid dating back to 664BC-332BC was offered for sale by a Colorado-based art dealer, with a starting price of $65,000

- A shabti that was on sale through a Chicago-based coin dealer, dating from 1567BC-1085BC, is up for $1,950

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