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 …

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.

Egypt recovers artifacts, including mummified head

Egypt recovered three ancient artifacts that were smuggled out of the country and found in the Netherlands, where two of the items were for sale in an antiques shop, Egyptian officials said.The items retrieved include a mummified head from the Hellenistic period, a ceramic funerary figurine dating to Egypt's New Kingdom era (664 to 332 BC), and part of a wooden tomb bearing an inscription of the goddess Isis from 663 to 504 BC, the Egyptian emb…

Egypt Recovers Ancient Artifacts, Including Mummified Head, from Netherlands

Egypt successfully recovers three ancient artifacts smuggled to the Netherlands, highlighting efforts against antiquities trafficking.