The piece was identified by Marcel Marée of the British Museum.
The relief is currently being conserved in Egypt.
Thursday, 7 January 2016
Relief of Seti I returned from London
The piece was identified by Marcel Marée of the British Museum.
The relief is currently being conserved in Egypt.
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This appears to be part of a much larger story of high level corruption in Egypt. One would hope Egyptian authorities would be as interested in bringing corrupt officials to justice as in scoring points against foreign collectors and auction houses, but that remains to be seen. For more, see http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/187462/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Investigations-underway-on-disappearence-of--artef.aspx
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