Egypt will receive 19 items in Tutankhamun's grave

Egypt November 10 announced the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (USA) will return the country 19 small objects identified as belonging to the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

The coffin of King Tutankhamun.

This famous museum has accepted the recognition of Egypt's rights on the museum's possessions since the beginning of the 20th century, after confirming their exact origin.

These items will continue in the US until mid-2011 before being transferred to Egypt and joining the National Museum in Cairo, which is displaying the precious treasure of this legendary young king. is a golden mask.

Mummy of King Tutankhamun.

King Tutankhamun rose to the throne when he was 10 years old at the time of 1333 BC, reigning the country in just nine years until the glacier, and was the last king of the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom. The tomb of this king was found by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922.

Egypt is currently increasing activities to reclaim antiquities scattered around the world, and said that a large part of them have left the country illegally, among them are busts. Nefertiti (Germany), a statue of King Ramsès II (Italy) .

However, Dr. Hawass also said that Egypt has received thousands of antiquities over the years, but most are small objects. In 2009, Egypt received pieces of wall paintings from the Louvre Museum (France).

In April, the United States also returned a coffin of the ancient Egyptian King after 125 years of leaving the country illegally.

More surprisingly, a Swiss scientist on April 14 returned to Egypt one toe of the mummy of Akhenaten, a famous Egyptian Pharaoh. The big toe was stolen in 1907 during a bone examination.