February 11, 2011
Tutankhamun treasures to be returned to Egypt
More coverage of the decision by the Metropolitan Museum to return some artefacts from Tutankhamun’s tomb to Egypt.
From:
Examiner
Met to return 19 objects to Egypt
January 11th, 2011 6:14 pm ETThe Metropolitan Museum of Art has recently agreed to return nineteen objects to Egypt.
All from the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun, the objects range in size from small studies to three-quarter-inch jewelry elements. According to Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, these nineteen objects were allegedly stolen from their home country earlier in the 20th century when excavations of the tomb were under way. The artifacts include a blue lapis lazuli sphinx originally a charm on a bracelet, a reconstructed blue faience bead collar, and a bronze figurine of a dog, among others.
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