Stolen 2,600-Year-Old Sarcophagus, Other Artifacts Return to Egypt | National Geographic

A six-year investigation by the United States into antiquities smuggling has resulted in the recovery of a cache of stolen Egyptian artifacts. The recovered objects include a 2,600-year-old sarcophagus and a series of finely carved limestone reliefs that had been ripped from an Egyptian temple. Officials from Homeland Security Investigations/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (HSI/ICE) returned the artifacts to the Egyptian government in a formal repatriation ceremony held at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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The National Geographic Society assisted with investigations into the antiquities smuggling in hopes of protecting some of the world’s fragile cultural heritage.

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EDITOR: Jennifer Murphy

Stolen 2,600-Year-Old Sarcophagus, Other Artifacts Return to Egypt | National Geographic

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[jessica-uvgk]

I hope they get all there things back it belongs to their people it should stay with their people.

[Lines]

80 years ago in the American Southwest, a museum paid native Americans for ancient pottery they could find. They got them by digging up grave sites. When the museum got all the monochrome pottery they wanted, they then paid only for polychrome. Native Americans who were digging for pots would smash the monochromes they found.

[onigbajamo]

Will Europe and the United States be returning the artifacts stolen from other African countries, especially Nigeria?

[nerminsalkic]

Where is stolen treasure from tomb ramses 2

[KlingonCaptain]

Sesame Street was right; there really is an Ernie mummy!

[sakurakou]

those are fake, anceint egyptians were brown skin africans, those white mummys are fake

[rchuso]

Oh, good. They're going back where ISIS can destroy them. (yea, I'm aware that ISIS isn't in all those areas _yet_)

[rubenscott]

Lol and who can buy shit like that only the rich

[ChristineMAbrell]

Egypt has too much unrest I don't think the artifacts will be safe there either.

[brianl]

not supporting looting and smuggling artifacts... but those will be safer if they are officially displayed in here (like the metropolitan museum in ny) than in egypt