Looted stone relief and skulls recovered
This story is about the recovery of a 2,500 year old stone relief looted from Luxor in 1969 but I find the second story about two human skulls dating back to Egypt’s Greek-Roman era more interesting.
Egypt retrieved a 2,500-year-old limestone relief from London after its sale was blocked by Bonhams auction house there because it had been looted from a pharaoh’s tomb. The artifact bears hieroglyphic text engraved in six rows and a cartouche of an ancient Egyptian queen.
Bonhams auction house in London was alerted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York that the relief had been seen in a tomb by someone at the Met involved in the excavation.
Egyptian archaeologists also retrieved from London two human skulls dating back to Egypt’s Greek-Roman era. The remains were believed to have been taken by a British doctor during a visit to Egypt in 1988. The man buried the skulls in his front garden in Manchester after his wife refused to allow him to bring them to a new house they bought earlier this year. The new owner found the skulls and informed the police.
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