US returns 48 smuggled artifacts from 3 different eras to Egypt
Synthesised from 2 African sources
According to the FBI, US law enforcement agencies have returned more than 5,000 archaeological and cultural artifacts to Egypt over the past decade."These artifacts are an integral part of our people's identity, of their cultural heritage, their history, and it's truly a great honor to see that our partnership with the US allows us to bring them home and to bring them where they belong," said Hossam Eldeen Aly, the Egyptian Consul General in Los Angeles.
In 2016, the US and Egypt signed an agreement on cultural property, allowing the US to impose restrictions on the import of certain categories of archaeological and ethnological materials from Egypt.
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