Belgian authorities announced today that they have returned to Egypt a sarcophagus 3.000 years oldwhich was seized in 2015 by police in Brussels.
“After 10 years of investigations and legal procedures, it is really an act of justice to return to their country of origin a stolen part of its (cultural) heritage”the prosecutor said Julien Muanil.
See the Belgian Foreign Ministry’s post
🇧🇪🇪🇬 Today, Belgium Returns Two Ancient Egyptian Artefacts. This was made any possible through coordinated Efforts Between “Team Belgium” (Foreign Affairs, Justice & Public Prosecutors) and Egyptian Authorities.
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– 🇧🇪 Belgium MFA (@belgiummfa) July 11, 2025
The Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office said that the sarcophagus and a smaller artifact – a wooden beard model – were handed over to the Egyptian ambassador at a special event in the Belgian capital.
These antiquities had been seized by the Belgian police in 2015, following the mobilization of Interpol informed about the Egyptian authorities. They have since been kept at the Royal Museum of Art and History in Brussels.
The wooden sarcophagus, dating from the Ptolemaic period (4th-3rd century BC); ‘He was undoubtedly a member of high society’ In ancient Egypt, the announcement says. It is also noted that hieroglyphs in sarcophagus were referred to the owner as ‘Pa-d-chor-p-brid’ translated into “The one that Arpocrats gave” (ed. Arpocratic is a Hellenic form of God, son of Osiris and Isis).
Source :Skai
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