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Egyptian monuments repatriated after a century

Egyptian antiquities will be returned by Ireland to the Egyptian Museum in 2023, after ongoing negotiations between both sides failed in 2011.
A visitor views artefacts in one of the galleries of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology at University College London, United Kingdom, July 28, 2022.

CAIRO — Egypt has been working to recover its monuments from around the world, successfully repatriating some stolen monuments in 2022 and continuing negotiations to have others returned.

According to statements this month by Monica Hanna, assistant professor of archaeology and cultural heritage, Egypt is working to have the mummy of Schepenese, located since 1820 at the Sao Galo Abbey Library in St. Gallen, Switzerland, returned. In addition, there are continuous attempts and negotiations to return the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum in London and the iconic Nefertiti’s head statue from the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.

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