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Italian police find stolen Egyptian sphinx | Italian police find stolen Egyptian sphinx |
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Police in Italy say they have recovered a stolen 2,000-year-old Egyptian sphinx near the capital Rome. | Police in Italy say they have recovered a stolen 2,000-year-old Egyptian sphinx near the capital Rome. |
They believe the granite statue was about to be taken out of the country. | They believe the granite statue was about to be taken out of the country. |
It was discovered boxed up in a greenhouse after police had found photographs of Egyptian artefacts during a routine search of a vehicle. | It was discovered boxed up in a greenhouse after police had found photographs of Egyptian artefacts during a routine search of a vehicle. |
Police visited the house of the driver and found the sphinx, with other artefacts thought to have been stolen from an Etruscan cemetery. | |
The Montem Rossulum necropolis is situated near Viterbo, 100 km (60 miles) north of Rome. | The Montem Rossulum necropolis is situated near Viterbo, 100 km (60 miles) north of Rome. |
Rome began importing sculptures from Egypt following its conquest of the country in the 1st Century BC. | Rome began importing sculptures from Egypt following its conquest of the country in the 1st Century BC. |
Demand grew when the cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis became popular in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. | Demand grew when the cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis became popular in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. |
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