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Egypt announced on Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry says the lid had been surreptitiously removed from the country.
Egypt on Monday announced the recovery of the sarcophagus, an artefact lid dating 2,700 years from the United States. During a televised press conference Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukruy announced that the "Green Sacrophagus" was reportedly smuggled out and put on a display in the United States. He said that the artefact was superstitiously removed from the country and its recovery is a part of efforts to "protect Egypt's Heritage."
Over the past decade, Egypt has recovered about 29 000 antiquities found to have been taken abroad through illegitimate means
Egypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museu