Wooden coffin from late dynastic period was on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, inspects the returned sarcophagus at the foreign ministry in Cairo.Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, inspects the returned sarcophagus at the foreign ministry in Cairo.An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was displayed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science has been returned toThe repatriation was part of Egyptian government efforts to stop the trafficking of its stolen antiquities.
The sarcophagus, almost 3 metres 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. The handover came more than three months after the Manhattan district attorney’s office determined the sarcophagus was looted from Abu Sir Necropolis, north of Cairo. It was smuggled through Germany into the US in 2008, according to Manhattan district attorney Alvin L Bragg.
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