Gold Coin Depicting King Ptolemy III Found in Egypt

This undated photo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, shows a gold coin, depicting King Ptolemy III that was found in the San El-Hagar archaeological site in Gharbia province, north of Cairo, Egypt. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AP)

Cairo: Asharq Al Awsat

10:34-24 May 2018 AD ـ 10 Ramadan 1439 AH

Cairo: Asharq Al Awsat

10:34-24 May 2018 AD ـ 10 Ramadan 1439 AH

Gold Coin Depicting King Ptolemy III Found in Egypt

Egyptian archaeologists said Wednesday they have found a gold coin depicting King Ptolemy III, who ruled Egypt in the 3rd century B.C., in the Sa El-Hagar archaeological site in Gharbia province.

The archaeologists also discovered parts of a huge red brick building dating back to the Greco-Roman period, according to the Antiquities Ministry.

It said archaeologists have unearthed other artifacts in the area, including pottery vessels, terracotta statues, bronze tools and a small statue of a ram.

According to the ministry, the coin was made during the reign of King Ptolemy IV in memory of his father.

Stolen Shoe Mystery Solved at Japanese Kindergarten When Security Camera Catches Weasel in the Act

This image made from security camera video released by Kasuya Police shows a weasel with a shoe at a kindergarten in Koga, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2024. (Kasuya Police via AP)

08:50-25 November 2024 AD ـ 24 Jumada Al-Ula 1446 AH

Stolen Shoe Mystery Solved at Japanese Kindergarten When Security Camera Catches Weasel in the Act

Police thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan, until a security camera caught the furry culprit in action.

A weasel with a tiny shoe in its mouth was spotted on the video footage after police installed three cameras in the school in the prefecture of Fukuoka.

“It’s great it turned out not to be a human being,” Deputy Police Chief Hiroaki Inada told The Associated Press Sunday. Teachers and parents had feared it could be a disturbed person with a shoe fetish.

Japanese customarily take their shoes off before entering homes. The vanished shoes were all slip-ons the children wore indoors, stored in cubbyholes near the door.

Weasels are known to stash items and people who keep weasels as pets give them toys so they can hide them.

The weasel scattered shoes around and took 15 of them before police were called. Six more were taken the following day. The weasel returned Nov. 11 to steal one more shoe. The camera footage of that theft was seen the next day.

The shoe-loving weasel only took the white indoor shoes made of canvas, likely because they’re light to carry.

“We were so relieved,” Gosho Kodomo-en kindergarten director Yoshihide Saito told Japanese broadcaster RKB Mainichi Broadcasting.

The children got a good laugh when they saw the weasel in the video.

Although the stolen shoes were never found, the remaining shoes are now safe at the kindergarten with nets installed over the cubbyholes.

The weasel, which is believed to be wild, is still on the loose.

Gold Coin Depicting King Ptolemy III Found in Egypt

Gold Coin Depicting King Ptolemy III Found in Egypt

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Stolen Shoe Mystery Solved at Japanese Kindergarten When Security Camera Catches Weasel in the Act

Stolen Shoe Mystery Solved at Japanese Kindergarten When Security Camera Catches Weasel in the Act

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