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New York Museum to Return King Tut Relics to Egypt
Egypt and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as the Met, announce that objects in the museum that had been taken from the tomb of the famed pharaoh Tutankhamun would be sent back to Egypt.The museum agree to recognize Egypt's right to 19 relics in its possession since early last century, accoording to a joint statement by the Met and the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt.
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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, Egypt's antiquities chief Dr. Zahi Hawass, center, supervises the removal of King Tut from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt and the Califo
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New York Museum to Return King Tut Relics to Egypt
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"The Falcon Collar," the collar wrapped around the neck of Tutankhamun's mummy, is shown at the opening of the King Tut exhibit Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005, at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The exhibit opened its doors at the second of four venue
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FILE - This undated file photo shows Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb, examining King Tut's sarcophagus. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a c