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How Louvre heist has led to uncomfortable conversations about France’s colonial past

Experts say the robbery is an opportunity to pressure the Louvre and Europe’s other museums to explain their collections' origins more honestly

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

Egyptians outraged after stolen pharaoh’s bracelet melted down for gold

An Egyptian human rights lawyer called the theft ‘an alarm bell’ for the government

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2025

Egyptians demand return of Rosetta stone from the British Museum

The inscriptions on the dark grey granite slab became the seminal breakthrough in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics after it was taken from Egypt by forces of the British empire in 1801.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 30, 2022

Egypt archaeologists want British Museum to return the Rosetta Stone

The Museum said it has not recieved a formal request from Egypt for the return of the priceless artefact

Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2022

Egypt calls for return of Rosetta Stone 200 years after it was deciphered

Prominent Egyptian archaeologists have renewed a call for the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum to Egypt, 200 years after the deciphering of the slab unlocked the secrets of hieroglyphic script and marked the birth of Egyptology.

Reuters · Oct 5, 2022

Tutankhamun: Egyptians Bid to Reclaim their History

It's one of the 20th century's most iconic photos: British archaeologist Howard Carter inspecting the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in 1922 as an Egyptian member of his team crouches nearby shrouded in shadow. It is also an apt metaphor for two centuries of Egyptology, flush with tales of brilliant foreign explorers…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 15, 2022