Egypt has recovered an illegally smuggled artefact from an auction hall in London, Egyptian officials have said.
The archaeological item, which is part of a tablet containing hieroglyphs of the name of King Amenhotep I from the 18th dynasty, was retrieved following searches of international auction websites, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities said on Tuesday.
The Egyptian embassy in London received the artefact last September.
It is not clear how the tablet, previously exhibited at the open museum of the ancient Temple of Karnak in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, was smuggled out of the country.
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