Cultural Restitution
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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
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
October 2022
More than 2,500 archaeologists sign a petition calling the British Museum to return the Rosetta Stone to Egypt
August 2022
Dr Zahi Hawass announces a fresh initiative to return the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum to Egypt
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
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