ICE Returns Ancient Artifacts to Egypt at National Geographic Society

Published: April 8, 2023, 9:59 p.m.

note: Video from 0:15 to 1:17 is courtesy of the National Geographic Society.\n\nU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated dozens of illegally smuggled ancient artifacts to the government of Egypt, including a Greco-Roman style Egyptian sarcophagus, at a ceremony Wednesday at the National Geographic Society in Washington. The return of these ancient artifacts was made possible by \u201cOperation Mummy\u2019s Curse,\u201d an ongoing five-year investigation by ICE\u2019s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) targeting an international criminal network that illegally smuggled and imported more than 7,000 cultural items from around the world.