{"id":56245,"date":"2022-12-09T17:40:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/cairo\/en\/?p=56245"},"modified":"2022-12-09T17:40:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:40:43","slug":"ireland-will-return-stolen-egyptian-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/cairo\/en\/news\/ireland-will-return-stolen-egyptian-artifacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Will Return Stolen Egyptian Artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ireland To Return Mummified Remains and Sarcophagus in 2023<\/h2>\n

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Mummified remains and a sarcophagus of a man that’s presumed to be named “Hor” were gifted to the University of College Crook in 1928 and they date from between 100AD and 975BC.<\/p>\n

The mummified remains are thought to belong to an adult male which the university is planning on returning to Egypt in 2023.<\/p>\n

The items also include a set of four canopic jars which are containers that were used by Egyptians during the mummification process.<\/p>\n

These jars are the oldest items in the university’s collection dating from 945-700BC<\/p>\n

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This operation is part of a project titled Kinship by the Irish artist, Dorothy Cross.<\/p>\n

Cross said that “The essence of Kinship is the return of a mummified body of an Egyptian man from Ireland to Cairo, mirroring the tragic displacement and migration of thousands of people from their homelands today,”<\/p>\n

The Egyptian Ambassador in Ireland expressed his thanks stating that the return of stolen artifacts have always been a priority to Egypt.<\/p>\n

Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs are delighted by the cooperation between the governments.<\/p>\n

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The 2,300-year-old mummy under the floorboards that UCC has been in custody dispute with Egypt over has been spotted on the move in the library #UCC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/CDpIqddSTZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Samantha Calthrop (@stcalthrop) September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n