The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) officially received the artefacts on Saturday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' headquarters in the New Administrative Capital.
The recovery of the artefacts was carried out in collaboration with British and German authorities.
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy said the return of these artefacts reflects Egypt’s commitment to protecting its unique heritage.
He commended the “fruitful cooperation” between Egyptian ministries and expressed gratitude to the British and German governments for their role in facilitating the return, highlighting the importance of joint efforts to combat the illicit trade in cultural property.
According to Mohamed Ismail Khaled, secretary-general of the SCA, the recovery followed a police operation in London that seized and confiscated the artefacts after confirming their illegal export by an international antiquities smuggling network.
In Germany, Hamburg city authorities contacted the Egyptian embassy in Berlin, offering to return the items from the city’s museum once their unlawful provenance was verified.
Director of the Antiquities Repatriation Department Shaaban Abdel-Gawad said that the repatriated collection spans various periods of ancient Egyptian history.
He said the items returned from London include a New Kingdom limestone funerary stela depicting a Paser, overseer of builders, in a devotional scene with the god Osiris, goddess Isis, and the four sons of Horus; a red baboon-shaped amulet symbolizing divine protection; and an 18th Dynasty green faience vessel and blue faience funerary flask.
Add to this a bronze crown fragment featuring a feather, serpent, and ram’s head from a large statue of Osiris dated between the 22nd and 26th Dynasties; a beaded funerary mask from the 26th Dynasty; and several faience and black stone amulets.
The items returned from Germany include a skull and hand from an unidentified mummy, along with an ankh-shaped amulet — the ancient Egyptian symbol of life.
All recovered artefacts have been transferred to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir for conservation and restoration before being displayed in a dedicated exhibition of recently repatriated treasures.
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