In 2017, the Egyptian authorities submitted a request to retrieve the statue.
This company alleged that the statue belongs to Switzerland, and not the Giza site. However, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court finally ruled that the statue belongs to Egypt.
Last July, 118 ancient Egyptian artifacts that were smuggled to Italy were retrieved. The restored artefacts were presented at a temporary exhibition at the Egyptian Museum for several days.
Previously, the Italian police notified the Egyptian Embassy in Rome about the seizure of 23,700 artifacts of different civilizations, including 118 Egyptian pieces packed in parcels. The seized artifacts include objects from different Pharaonic periods, in addition to objects from the Islamic era.
On 4 February 2021, the 17th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup™ officially kicked off in Qatar, with…
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The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are the seven Arab states which border the Persian Gulf, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This excludes the non-Arab state of Iran. All of these nations except Iraq are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
