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Britain returns 25,000 ancient artefacts to Egypt

By Ben Morales-Correa

Britain has sent some 25,000 ancient artefacts back to Egypt. They include a stone axe that dates back 200,000 years as well as pottery from the seventh millennium BC which bears the finger prints of its producers. Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said the artefacts “will constitute the foundation for a collection from the (pre-dynastic) Naqada period.” The... »



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