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Lebanon returns 37 artefacts smuggled out of Egypt

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BEIRUT: Lebanon on Wednesday returned to Egypt dozens of pharaonic artefacts that had been seized from the Beirut port years earlier. “Thirty-seven antiquities... were seized from Beirut port in 2020, having arrived from an Arab port,” Lebanese Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh said during a handover ceremony at the Beirut national museum. “After investigating the identity and ownership of these items, it was determined that they belonged to Egypt,” he added. Five of the items were on display