{"id":25397,"date":"2025-05-13T10:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T10:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-returns-parts-of-queens-temple-ancient-gold-coin-and-other-rare-smuggled-artifacts-to-egypt-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T10:44:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T10:44:29","slug":"u-s-returns-parts-of-queens-temple-ancient-gold-coin-and-other-rare-smuggled-artifacts-to-egypt-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-returns-parts-of-queens-temple-ancient-gold-coin-and-other-rare-smuggled-artifacts-to-egypt-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. returns parts of queen&#8217;s temple, ancient gold coin and other rare smuggled artifacts to Egypt, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Sarcophagus lids, a Greco-Roman portrait and fragments of what is believed to be a temple of Queen Hatshepsut were among 25 rare artifacts returned to Egypt from the United States, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The pieces &#8212; spanning centuries of Egyptian civilization \u2014 were handed over following a three-year recovery effort by Egypt&#8217;s consulate in New York, the New York District Attorney&#8217;s Office and U.S. security agencies, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tourismandantiq\/posts\/pfbid0bnLwYVWtQj14tYcYNDUqMQHYAGiDdps2NJu5gYDLBA87fKWzvWKzutUS51EMMYkLl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ministry said in a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The collection includes wooden and gilded sarcophagus lids dating back more than 5,500 years, parts of a temple believed to belong to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-discovery-tells-us-more-about-egypts-first-female-pharaoh\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Queen Hatshepsut <\/a><\/span>and a Greco-Roman mummy portrait from Fayyoum \u2014 a southern city renowned for its distinctive Greco-Roman art.<\/p>\n<p>The trove also features intricately crafted jewelry from around 2,400 years ago, a granite foot fragment dating back to the Ramessid dynasty, during the peak of Egypt&#8217;s power, as well as small ivory and stone figurines.<\/p>\n<p>A rare gold coin dating back over two millennia to the reign of Ptolemy I \u2014 one of Alexander the Great&#8217;s generals and founder of ancient <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gold-pieces-jewelry-coins-discovered-tombs-egypt\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Egypt&#8217;s last royal dynasty<\/a><\/span> \u2014 is also part of the collection.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tourismandantiq\/posts\/pfbid0bnLwYVWtQj14tYcYNDUqMQHYAGiDdps2NJu5gYDLBA87fKWzvWKzutUS51EMMYkLl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ministry released five images<\/a> of the artifacts on social media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-facebook-post embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/facebook-sdk\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tourismandantiq\/posts\/pfbid0bnLwYVWtQj14tYcYNDUqMQHYAGiDdps2NJu5gYDLBA87fKWzvWKzutUS51EMMYkLl\" data-width=\"552\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064546665021\/posts\/1089052756589603\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>&#8211; 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During the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, looters ransacked museums and archaeological sites in the chaos, spiriting away thousands of priceless pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Many of those artifacts later appeared on the international market or in private collections.<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian authorities say they have succeeded in bringing home nearly 30,000 artifacts over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, an ancient wooden sarcophagus was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sarcophagus-returned-to-egypt-houston-museum-of-natural-sciences\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">returned to Egypt<\/a><\/span> after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The year before that, a stone sculpture that arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, was discovered to be a centuries-old artifact from Egypt. 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