Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof has announced that the Netherlands will return toEgypt an ancient stone head dating back to the dynasty of Thutmose III. The find, described as an important artifact of Egyptian historical heritage, had been seized earlier at a Dutch art fair. The decision was announced during Schoof’s official visit to Cairo with his Benelux counterparts, Bart De Wever and Luc Frieden, to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the occasion of theinauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum after nearly two decades of work.
The return of the artifact represents a gesture of cultural cooperation between the two countries and is part of the bilateral relations between Egypt and the Benelux countries, which include Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. During their talks with Al-Sisi, the European representatives addressed several major issues, including the intensification of economic and cultural relations, the evolution of the crisis in the Gaza Strip, and the dramatic situation in Sudan, where violence continues to cause concern in the international community.
Schoof called the opening of the museum a milestone in the enhancement of Egypt’s thousand-year history, stressing that the event offers new opportunities for cultural exchange between European countries and the Arab world. The institution, located at the gateway to the Pyramids of Giza, houses one of the largest collections of ancient Egyptian artifacts and is a benchmark for cooperation in the field of archaeological conservation and research. In this context, the return of the dynasty head of Thutmose III therefore takes on symbolic and diplomatic value.
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