Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US

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The “stunning coffin was trafficked by a well-organized network that has looted countless antiquities,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

The repatriation is part of Egyptian government efforts to stop the trafficking of its stolen antiquities. In 2021, authorities in Cairo succeeded in getting 5,300 stolen artifacts 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, Waziri said. It was symbolically handed over at a ceremony Monday in Cairo by Daniel Rubinstein, the U.S. chargé d’affaires in Egypt.

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