Lisa: so we're being told that all that this stuff together is worth about 30 thousand u.s. dollars. It's incredible that this has survived thousands of tears if this in fact real. This is amazing. I've really never seen anything like these before.
Narrator: Egyptian smugglers can sell these items because people around the world want them. After they leave the country, it is very hard to get them back. But the police are trying to stop them. They are trying to teach people not to sell their country's artifacts.
Dr.Hiebert says things are getting better. More people in Egypt are learning about their history when these people find out more about their history, they want to keep these items safe, not sell them to smugglers the smugglers are hard to catch, but the police and experts want to stop them and protect Egypt's wonderful artifacts, and its rich history.