Recovered antiquities on display at National Museum in Sanaa - in pictures

More than 800 looted items lost over the last 16 years recovered

Antiquities on display after being recovered at the National Museum in Sanaa, which reopened on May 20. All photos: EPA

More than 800 looted antiquities were turned over

They were lost over the last 16 years, said the Houthis-held culture authority

The objects date back to different BC time periods

They include funerary stelae, carved and inscribed stones, pieces of alabaster statues and metalworks

They were collected from different archaeological sites of ancient Yemen

The war in Yemen saw an increase in smuggling of looted antiquities

Smugglers took advantage of a fragile security situation

The National Museum of Sanaa re-opened on May 20

It has been closed for 10 years for restorations and due to the war

Some of the stone carvings on display

A visitor at the museum

Visitors look at antiquities on display

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