{"id":54412,"date":"2025-11-03T17:24:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/netherlands-says-it-will-return-stolen-3500-year-old-sculpture-to-egypt-after-grand-egyptian-museum-opening\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:24:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:24:30","slug":"netherlands-says-it-will-return-stolen-3500-year-old-sculpture-to-egypt-after-grand-egyptian-museum-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/netherlands-says-it-will-return-stolen-3500-year-old-sculpture-to-egypt-after-grand-egyptian-museum-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands says it will return stolen 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt after Grand Egyptian Museum opening"},"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><em>Cairo<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 The prime minister of the Netherlands announced Sunday that the European nation will soon return a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt, a day after he attended the lavish <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/grand-egyptian-museum-opening\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum<\/a><\/span> in Giza.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Dick Schoof said in a statement that, during a meeting on Sunday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, he informed his counterpart that the Netherlands would return a bust of a high-ranking official from the dynasty of Pharaoh Thutmose III.<\/p>\n<p>The piece was discovered up for sale at an art fair in 2022 and was confiscated after Dutch authorities received an anonymous tip about its illegal origin, according to a statement from the Dutch government.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said the art show &#8220;trader voluntarily renounced the sculpture&#8221; and that Dutch police and other officials &#8220;have investigated the origin of the head and found that the head was obtained by looting and was unlawfully exported.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/03\/3c21a14b-6063-4316-9985-60e61edddb35\/thumbnail\/620x716\/fdcbb35f55c8989b43b92a246dc0428a\/netherlands-egypt-stolen-art.jpg#\" alt=\"netherlands-egypt-stolen-art.jpg \" height=\"716\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/03\/3c21a14b-6063-4316-9985-60e61edddb35\/thumbnail\/620x716\/fdcbb35f55c8989b43b92a246dc0428a\/netherlands-egypt-stolen-art.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/03\/3c21a14b-6063-4316-9985-60e61edddb35\/thumbnail\/1240x1432\/f53878634c6934d98f858a9956a824cb\/netherlands-egypt-stolen-art.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A photo shared by the government of the Netherlands shows a 3,500-year-old sculpture, the bust of a high-ranking official from the dynasty of Pharaoh Thutmose III, discovered by Dutch authorities and set to be returned to Egypt after being deemed illegally obtained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Government of the Netherlands<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bust is expected to be handed over to the Egyptian ambassador to the Netherlands by the end of this year, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the first artifact returned to Egypt since the GEM&#8217;s grand opening event. Several campaigns before the opening have sought to bring <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rosetta-stone-egypt-britain-colonial-wounds-petition-for-artifacts\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">looted Egyptian antiquities<\/a><\/span> back to the country.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt&#8217;s government hosted dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday for the official opening ceremony of the new facility, a $1 billion project that was decades in the making. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a great day for Egypt and for humanity. This is Egypt&#8217;s gift to the world. It&#8217;s a dream come true, after all these years, the GEM is finally and officially open,&#8221; Nevine El-Aref, media adviser to the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, told CBS News on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The GEM is one of the largest museums in the world, and the largest dedicated to a single civilization: ancient Egypt. Its subject matter spans some 7,000 years, from prehistory to the end of the Greek and Roman eras around 400 A.D.<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian officials hope the new museum will boost the country&#8217;s tourism industry, and with it, the still-struggling economy. 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