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The statue of the head of King Ramses II was stolen from the Ramses II temple in the ancient city of Abydos in Southern Egypt more than three decades ago.
Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago, the country's antiquities ministry said on Sunday.
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Egyptian authorities spotted the artifact when it was offered for sale in an exhibition in London in 2013, after it was stolen more than three decades ago.