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(ANSAmed) - CAIRO, OCTOBER 2 - Egypt's embassy in Paris is holding talks with Francés premier museum, the Louvre, over the retrieval of five wall paintings that were stolen from Tombs of the Nobles, located in the Theban Necropolis, near Luxor, in 1980, said Zahi Hawwas, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). Under the law, museums should report any stolen antiquities before purchasing the items, Hawwas told MENA on the fringe of a ceremony celebrating the release of 'Egypte vue du ciel' by French author and Egyptologist Christian Jacq and renowned photographer Philip Plisson. Despite that, former director of Louvrés Egyptian Antiqueties Department, Christine Ziegler, purchased the stolen items, Hawwas added. The SCA sent a letter two years ago claiming the wall paintings, and Henri Loyrette, director of the Louvre Museum, for his part, promised to restore the items, the SCA chief added. Yet, Loyrette has not fulfilled his promise over 18 months now. The SCA decided to suspend the works of Louvrés archeological missions in Egypt until the five paintings are brought home, and Ziegler was denied to deliver a lecture in Egypt last week, he noted. (ANSAmed).