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The Egyptian Museum Looting, Cairo

During the 2011 revolution, intruders entered Cairo's Egyptian Museum, damaging and stealing artefacts — including objects associated with Tutankhamun. Some were later recovered.

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The Greenhalgh 'Garden Shed' Forgeries

From a garden shed behind a Bolton council house, Shaun Greenhalgh and his elderly parents forged artworks spanning 5,000 years — most famously the 'Amarna Princess', which Bolton Museum bought for £440,000 as a 3,300-year-old Egyptian masterpiece.

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Egyptian Museum (Cairo)

The Tahrir Square home of Tutankhamun's treasures, looted during the chaos of the 2011 Egyptian revolution.