Wednesday, 10 November 2010

BBC News - New York museum to return King Tut artefacts to Egypt

Tut Tut

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11728564

A New York museum is to repatriate to Egypt 19 items found in King Tutankhamen tomb, officials said.

The 19 artefacts, including a tiny bronze dog and a sphinx bracelet jewel, were discovered in the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Under the terms of the British-led excavation, the tomb's contents were not to leave Egypt's possession, the museum said on Wednesday.

The boy king's tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter.

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