Egypt Recovers Dozens of Looted Artifacts Smuggled to the US Firstpost Africa
Egypt Recovers Dozens of Looted Artifacts Smuggled to the US | Firstpost Africa | N18G
Egypt Recovers Dozens of Looted Artifacts Smuggled to the US | Firstpost Africa | N18G
Egypt has welcomed back 25 rare artifacts from the United States after a three-year-long recovery effort involving its consulate in New York, the New York District Attorney's Office, and US security agencies. The returned items include wooden and gilded sarcophagus lids over 5,500 years old, a Greco-Roman mummy portrait from Fayyoum, and temple fragments believed to belong to Queen Hatshepsut. The collection also features 2,400-year-old jewellery, a granite foot from the Ramessid dynasty, ivory figurines, and a rare gold coin from the reign of Ptolemy I. These artefacts were looted and smuggled out of Egypt, likely during the 2011 uprising. Egypt has recovered nearly 30,000 artifacts over the past decade.
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