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January 29, 2021
Visitors tour the History of the Bible exhibit during a media preview of the new Museum of the Bible, a museum dedicated to the history, narrative and impact of the Bible, in Washington, DC, November 14, 2017. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images.)
The Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC has returned some 5,000 artifacts to the Egyptian government, after years of talks between agencies including the Department of Homeland Security and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
The objects have been held at the Museum since its opening in 2016. Egypt has been seeking repatriation of the objects, which it says were smuggled illegally out of the country, for just as long.
Le sulfureux musée de la Bible de Washington restitue à l Égypte des milliers d antiquités disparues
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Egypt Says Retrieves 5,000 Artefacts From US
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