2,000-year-old Egyptian funerary mask seized in Switzerland returns home
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A funerary mask dating back more than 2,000 years has returned to Egypt after Swiss customs authorities stopped it at the border in 2022 and subsequently confirmed its Egyptian origin.
The Ptolemaic-era artifact was officially handed over to Egypt’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Mohamed Negm, by Swiss Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider in Bern.
The mask was intercepted by Swiss customs authorities in September 2022 while passing through the Bardonnex customs border in Geneva. Following it
The Ptolemaic-era artifact was officially handed over to Egypt’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Mohamed Negm, by Swiss Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider in Bern.
The mask was intercepted by Swiss customs authorities in September 2022 while passing through the Bardonnex customs border in Geneva. Following it
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