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Czech Republic Repatriates Pot to Egypt

News June 12, 2020

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PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC—Ahram Online reports that Czech Minister of Culture Lubomir Zaorálek handed over an artifact seized by Czech officials to Saeed Hindam, Egyptian ambassador to the Czech Republic. The pottery vessel is thought to date to Egypt’s Naqada II Period (3350 ̶ 3200 B.C.). Czech officials discovered the artifact while monitoring the local trade in antiquities. To read about a painting of a leopard unearthed at Egypt's Aswan necropolis that likely once adorned a sarcophagus, go to "Guardian Feline."

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