Cultural Restitution

February 4, 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




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Placing ownership of museum collections under a spotlight

April 2, 2025
Explaining why a looted artefact should be returned to its country or community of origin can sometimes be straightforward. But explaining how is altogether different

Rare Aboriginal shell necklace is returned to Tasmanian homeland

March 28, 2025
A unique shell necklace believed to originate from the Bass Strait islands has been returned by The Hunterian collection to representatives from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) who travelled to Glasgow to carry it home

Report demands an end to the display of African ancestral remains in UK collections

March 14, 2025
Laying Ancestors to Rest pulls no punches. The recommendations made in a new policy brief published by the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations (APPG-AR) include making the sale of human remains illegal and putting an end to the public display of ancestral remains