Egypt to restore 8 artifacts from France Thursday

PARIS – 25 October 2017: Paris will hand over eight artifacts to Cairo Thursday after they had been seized by France's customs authority in 2010, France's Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs said in a Wednesday statement.

The 3,000-year-old artifacts were then kept at the French Ministry of Culture, the statement added.

Egyptian Ambassador to France Ehab Badawi will receive the artifacts in a ceremony that will also be attended by French Ambassador in Cairo Stefan Roumtier, it added.

The event coincides with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi's visit to France.