{"id":227542,"date":"2025-08-03T20:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=227542"},"modified":"2025-08-03T20:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:59:45","slug":"museum-or-crime-scene-britain-illegally-holds-egypts-cultural-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=227542","title":{"rendered":"Museum or Crime Scene? Britain Illegally Holds Egypt\u2019s Cultural Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__header\">\n<h4 class=\"article__announce-text\" dir=\"ltr\">Many visitors to the British Museum in London have no idea that some of the ancient treasures they admire were looted and stolen.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__body\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"article__text\"><strong><em>&#8220;During the period of British colonial rule in Egypt [1882\u20131956], the largest thefts of ancient Egyptian artifacts in history took place\u2014amounting to a full-scale plundering of the Nile Valley and the tombs of the pharaohs,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Zahi Hawas, Egyptian archaeologist and former Minister of Antiquities, tells Sputnik.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text\">One of the most famous examples is the Rosetta Stone\u2014the key to deciphering hieroglyphics\u2014taken from Egypt by Napoleon Bonaparte\u2019s troops.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text\">Equally scandalous was the looting of artefacts from Tutankhamun\u2019s tomb by Lord Carnarvon, the sponsor of the excavation, according to the expert.<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"1122529157-1\" class=\"article__h2\">Plundering Egyptian Treasures Under the Guise of Science<\/h3>\n<div class=\"article__list\">\n<div class=\"article__list-item\">English archaeologist Howard Carter gifted part of treasures from Tutankhamun\u2019s tomb to Lord Carnarvon and Egyptologist Alan Gardiner, and a Nefertum statue smuggled into the tomb of Ramses II is now in\u00a0the museum<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__list-item\">\n<div class=\"article__list-label\"><\/div>\n<p>The Rosetta Stone, found by French soldiers in Rashid in 1799, was handed to Britain\u2014along with other artifacts\u2014under the 1801 Treaty of Alexandria after Napoleon\u2019s defeat.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"media\" data-media-tipe=\"photo\">\n<div class=\"media__size\">\n<div class=\"photoview__open\" data-photoview-group=\"1122529157\" data-photoview-src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e7\/03\/07\/1108142124_0:0:2000:1333_1440x900_80_0_1_a743290ce340a4d88d5a197e201ccd90.jpg.webp?source-sid=ap_photo\" data-photoview-image-id=\"1108141965\" data-photoview-sharelink=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20250731\/museum-or-crime-scene-britain-illegally-holds-egypts-cultural-heritage-1122529157.html?share-img=1108141965\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\u041e\u0431\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u0444\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0441 \u0441 \u043b\u0438\u0446\u043e\u043c \u0420\u0438\u043c\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0438\u043c\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u041a\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0438\u044f \u0432 \u0415\u0433\u0438\u043f\u0442\u0435\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e7\/03\/07\/1108142124_0:0:2000:1333_1920x0_80_0_0_47255986d646a9b881be8a91a6eac6b6.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e7\/03\/07\/1108142124_0:0:2000:1333_640x0_80_0_0_21aebe30716533a920ac9f850c09a9a4.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e7\/03\/07\/1108142124_0:0:2000:1333_1280x0_80_0_0_edc0c2c691f7795ddcd73d44d1fc627c.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e7\/03\/07\/1108142124_0:0:2000:1333_1920x0_80_0_0_47255986d646a9b881be8a91a6eac6b6.jpg.webp 1920w\" alt=\"\u041e\u0431\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u0444\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0441 \u0441 \u043b\u0438\u0446\u043e\u043c \u0420\u0438\u043c\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0438\u043c\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u041a\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0438\u044f \u0432 \u0415\u0433\u0438\u043f\u0442\u0435 - Sputnik International, 1920, 31.07.2025\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-source-sid=\"ap_photo\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e7\/03\/07\/1108142124_0:0:2000:1333_640x0_80_0_0_21aebe30716533a920ac9f850c09a9a4.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e7\/03\/07\/1108142124_0:0:2000:1333_1280x0_80_0_0_edc0c2c691f7795ddcd73d44d1fc627c.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e7\/03\/07\/1108142124_0:0:2000:1333_1920x0_80_0_0_47255986d646a9b881be8a91a6eac6b6.jpg.webp 1920w\" \/><em style=\"font-size: 18px; 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the pundit stresses.  \">The British Museum\u00a0dedicates seven entire halls to ancient Egyptian exhibits\u2014from statues and mummies to jewellery and medical papyri.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text\">British museums now hold more than 100,000 Egyptian artefacts. 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