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King Ramses II
3,400-year-old statue portraying the head of King Ramses II returned to Egypt
Egypt’s antiquities ministry announced the return of a 3,400-year-old statue portraying the head of King Ramses II, which had been stolen and smuggled out of the country over thirty years ago. The statue is now housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, pending restoration, according to the ministry’s statement. The stolen statue is believed to…
