5th Dynasty Relief Returned to Egypt
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5th Dynasty Relief Returned to Egypt


http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=14606
"A Brussels museum will hand over to Egypt a limestone relief that had been smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago, an Egyptian antiquities official said Monday. The Royal Museum of Art and History in Brussels, Belgium, agreed to return the relief, which was stolen from the Giza tomb of a 5th dynasty priest, Senenu, said Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. In return, an archaeological mission belonging to the museum will be allowed to continue its work in Egypt, he said".
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