Egypt's Ambassador to Rome Hesham Badr receiving two artifacts that had been smuggled to Italy in 2019 on April 29, 2021. Press PhotoCAIRO – 29 April 2021: Egypt's Ambassador to Rome Hesham Badr received on Thursday two artifacts that had been smuggled to Italy in 2019. Those are a pot and a statue embodying the bust of a woman. The two pieces were not exhibited in museums or put in antiquities stores affiliated to the Supreme Council of Antiquities, but they were stolen as a result of clandestine excavation. Over the past years, Egypt has been working through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Antiquities to recover such pieces.

Source: Egypt Today April 29, 2021 14:59 UTC