An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences is returned to Egypt after US authorities determined it was looted years ago.
abc.net.au/news/looted-sarcophagus-returned-to-egypt/101822796An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences has been returned to Egypt after US authorities determined it was looted years ago, according to Egyptian officials.US officials determined the illicit origins of the sarcophagus from known smugglers three months ago
The repatriation is part of Egyptian government efforts to stop the trafficking of stolen antiquities. In 2021, authorities in Cairo succeeded in getting 5,300 stolen artefacts returned to Egypt from across the world. The sarcophagus, almost 3 meters tall with a brightly painted top surface, may have belonged to an ancient priest named Ankhenmaat, though some of the inscription on it has been erased, Mr Waziri said.It was symbolically handed over at a ceremony Monday in Cairo by Daniel Rubinstein, the US chargé d'affaires in Egypt.
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