Belgium returns 2,000-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt
Belgian authorities on Friday said they had handed over a roughly 2,000-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt, a decade after it
SOS Mediterranee, the maritime rescue group, posted on the social media platform X: “the survivors departed from Zawiya, Libya, seven days before they were rescued; their engine broke after three days, leaving their boat lost (and) adrift without water and food for days. Survivors report that at least 60 people perished on the way, including women and at least one child," it added.
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