FBI Returns Ancient Artifacts to Egyptian Officials

US returns dozens of smuggled artifacts from three different eras to Egypt

American spy agency FBI returned dozens of looted artifacts to Egyptian government officials during a ceremony held Friday in Los Angeles

US returns 48 smuggled artifacts from 3 different eras to Egypt

The FBI returned dozens of looted artifacts to representatives of the Egyptian government during a ceremony held Friday in Los Angeles, RT reported on Friday. Among the items returned to Egypt were jewelry, statues, sculptures, amulets, funerary objects, and ancient inscriptions, along with other pieces dating back to the Pharaonic, Roman, and Coptic periods, according to the FBI. The assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles office,…

FBI Returns Ancient Artifacts to Egyptian Officials

The FBI returned dozens of looted cultural artifacts including ancient ornaments and carvings to representatives of the Egyptian government at a ceremony Friday in Los Angeles. The repatriated property includes carved figures, amulets and tomb equipment, among other items, from the Pharaonic, Roman, and Coptic periods, according to the FBI. With the assistance of the U.S. Department of State and antiquities experts, along with the FBI’s legal at…

FBI Los Angeles returns 48 cultural artifacts to Egyptian government

Returned property included carved figures, amulets, and tomb equipment, among other items, from the Pharaonic, Roman, and Coptic periods.

FBI in LA returns dozens of ancient artifacts to Egyptian officials

The repatriated property includes carved figures, amulets and tomb equipment, among other items, from the Pharaonic, Roman, and Coptic periods, according to the FBI.

FBI to return ancient cultural artifacts to Egypt

The FBI said, in the press release, this was based on an investigation by their Art Crime Team in Los Angeles. The post FBI to return ancient cultural artifacts to Egypt appeared first on KYMA.