Switzerland Returns a Funerary Mask to Egypt Dating Back Over Two Thousand Years
- The Swiss embassy in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, announced today that Switzerland has returned to Egypt an ancient funerary mask dating back to the Ptolemaic period, which is over two thousand years old, as part of the cooperation between the two countries to protect cultural heritage and combat the illicit trafficking of antiquities. The embassy clarified in a statement it published
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- The Swiss embassy in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, announced today that Switzerland has returned to Egypt an ancient funerary mask dating back to the Ptolemaic period, which is over two thousand years old, as part of the cooperation between the two countries to protect cultural heritage and combat the illicit trafficking of antiquities. The embassy clarified in a statement it published
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