US returns dozens of smuggled artifacts from three different eras to Egypt

US returns dozens of smuggled artifacts from three different eras to Egypt American spy agency FBI returned dozens of looted artifacts to Egyptian government officials during a ceremony held Friday in Los Angeles. Among the items returned to were jewelry, statues, sculptures, along with other pieces dating back to the Pharaonic, Roman, and Coptic periods, according to the FBI. The items were recovered from a smuggler who has since passed away. "This is an ongoing investigation, so we're not going to go into a lot of the details primarily. Despite knowing that the suspected trafficker is now deceased, we are…