The Rosetta Stone at British Museum in London. EPA
The Nefertiti bust at the Neues Museum in Berlin. Reuters
A 3,400-year-old statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II which had been illegally smuggled out of Egypt over 30 years ago. Photo Credit: The Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The antique bronze statue of the goddess Isis. Photo: Egyptian Foreign Ministry
The smuggling of Egyptian artefacts like these has long been a major problem.
Visitors admiring the golden coffin of Nedjemankh at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo.
The Rosetta Stone at British Museum in London. EPA
The Nefertiti bust at the Neues Museum in Berlin. Reuters
A 3,400-year-old statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II which had been illegally smuggled out of Egypt over 30 years ago. Photo Credit: The Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The antique bronze statue of the goddess Isis. Photo: Egyptian Foreign Ministry
The smuggling of Egyptian artefacts like these has long been a major problem.
Visitors admiring the golden coffin of Nedjemankh at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo.
The Rosetta Stone at British Museum in London. EPA