Egypt exhibits golden coffin of an ancient Egyptian priest that was returned by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art following the discovery that it had been looted and illegally sold
The Gold Coffin of Nedjemankh surrounded by members of media during a news conference to announce its return from the US and display at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo, Egypt on October 1, 2019.
The finely decorated coffin is inscribed with the name Nedjemankh, a priest of the ram-headed god Heryshef of Herakleopolis, and dates to the first century BC. It went on display there for six months before judicial officials presented evidence that its ownership history documents were forgeries.
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