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Cultural Restitution

Feb 04, 2021
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Egypt

Updated September 2023


Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made by Egypt, together with other Egyptian restitution news.  Entries are updated regularly


September 2023

Zahi Hawass  has announced plans to convene a further international meeting for countries affected by the smuggling of antiquities, adding the current Minister of Antiquities is ready to take action

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September 2023

Egypt's Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, confirmed that communications with the British Museum over the return of stolen artefacts is continuing

Egypt Independent


October 2022

More than 2,500 archaeologists sign a petition calling the British Museum to return the Rosetta Stone to Egypt

ARTnews


August 2022

Dr Zahi Hawass announces a fresh initiative to return the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum to Egypt

Thenationalnews.com


February 2021

Former Italian honorary consul in Luxor, now living in Rome, sentenced in absentia to a 15-year Egyptian jail sentence in January 2021 for smuggling antiquities

Cultural Property News




More News

Getty Museum to return a looted bronze head to Turkey

03 May, 2024
A Roman bronze head from a statue of a young man, acquired by the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in 1971, is returning to Turkey after evidence emerged it was excavated illegally

National Museums Scotland identifies an Ethiopian Tabot

10 Apr, 2024
An official from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church has confirmed the identity of an object held at National Museums Scotland (NMS) as a sacred Ethiopian Tabot

British Museum faces investigation by Information watchdog over sacred Tabots

31 Mar, 2024
The British Museum has shown itself adept at refusing to provide information to questions they’d prefer not to answer. We hope our initiative to escalate concerns about the Museum’s collection of Ethiopian Tabots to the Information Commissioner’s Office will encourage greater transparency
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