Egypt successfully recovers three lost cultural relics, including a mummy head

Recently, Egypt has achieved significant results in recovering lost cultural relics. According to Egyptian officials on August 27, the country successfully recovered three precious cultural relics that were smuggled out of the country and found in the Netherlands, one of which is a highly anticipated mummy head.

These three cultural relics are of long history and great value. In addition to the mummy head from the Hellenistic period, it also includes a small pottery funerary statue from 664 BC to 332 BC, and a part of a wooden tomb engraved with the inscription of the goddess Isis from 663 BC to 504 BC. It is reported that the mummy head is intact and remains with teeth and hair, which is astonishing. The small statue and part of the wooden tomb were previously sold in an antique shop in the Netherlands, and the Dutchman handed over the inherited mummy head to the local government. After the Dutch police and the cultural heritage inspection team determined that these two cultural relics were smuggled out of Egypt, they retrieved them.

The Egyptian side pointed out that these three cultural relics are believed to have been stolen and smuggled out of the country during illegal excavations, but detailed information such as the specific excavation and smuggling time of these cultural relics has not been provided yet. This recovery operation is one of the important achievements of Egypt in recovering cultural relics lost overseas. Over the years, the Egyptian government has been committed to the recovery of cultural relics. Since 2014, it has successfully recovered more than 30,000 cultural relics.

As an ancient civilization, Egypt has many precious cultural heritages, but it has long faced the problem of theft and smuggling loss of cultural relics. In recent years, Egypt has continuously increased its efforts to recover lost cultural relics by strengthening cooperation with various countries and establishing a special department for cultural relic recovery. The successful recovery of these three cultural relics not only allows these precious historical and cultural heritages to return to their homeland but also makes an important contribution to protecting human cultural heritage. At the same time, it also inspires more countries and regions to strengthen their attention and efforts to cultural relic protection and recovery work.