Germany hands over 40 smuggled artifacts to Egypt

German authorities handed over to the Egyptian ambassador to Berlin, Khaled Galal, over 40 artifacts that were smuggled from Egypt and seized by the Frankfurt Airport authorities.

The cultural officer for the Middle East and Africa region at the German Foreign Ministry handed the artifacts to the Egyptian embassy in Berlin.

Galal told Middle East News Agency in Berlin that the German authorities contacted the Egyptian embassy after seizing more than 40 Egyptian artifacts at Frankfurt Airport, which were smuggled from Thailand on its way to the UK.