Egypt recovers 3 ancient artifacts, including a mummified head, found in the Netherlands

Egypt Receives Smuggled Objects From the Netherlands - Archaeology Magazine

CAIRO, EGYPT—The Associated Press reports that a mummified human head dated to the Hellenistic period (323–30 B.C.); an ushabti, or ceramic funerary figurine dated to the New Kingdom period; and a fragment of a painted wooden coffin dated to between 663 and 504 B.C. have been repatriated to Egypt by the Netherlands. The transfer occurred at the Egyptian Embassy in The Hague. Dutch police had recovered two of the objects, which had been smuggled …

Three looted objects from ancient Egyptian graves returned by the Netherlands

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Egypt recovers three Late Period artifacts from Netherlands - Egypt Independent

The Egyptian Embassy in the Hague, Netherlands, received an ushabti statue, part of a colored coffin, and a mummy head from the Late Period, which investigations proved were taken out illegally as a result of an unauthorized excavation.

Egypt recovers 3 ancient artifacts smuggled to Netherlands

Egypt announced Tuesday that it has recovered three ancient artifacts smuggled out of the country and discovered in the Netherlands. According to Egyptian officials, two of the ite...

Egypt retrieves 3 smuggled artifacts from Netherlands - China.org.cn

Egypt recovers 3 artefacts found in the Netherlands, including a mummified head

The items include a mummified head from the Hellenistic period. Two of the items were for sale in an antiques shop, Egyptian officials said.