The artifact 'was trafficked by a well-organized network,' the Manhattan District Attorney said.
The newly repatriated sarcophagus is nearly 9.5 feet long. Hieroglyphics, the Ancient Egyptian script, are inscribed on the sarcophagus’ body, and a large green face is painted on the head of the coffin.Mostafa Waziri, a member of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, said in yesterday’s ceremony that the repatriated sarcophagus dates to the Late Dynastic Period—meaning the coffin is about 2,500 years old, give or take a century.
“This stunning coffin was trafficked by a well-organized network that has looted countless antiquities from the region,” Bragg said,Advertisement Bragg added that the same network smuggled a coffin that ended up in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art; that item was repatriated to Egypt in 2019. According to the AP, Cairo officials managed to bring 5,300 stolen artifacts back to Egypt from around the world in 2021.
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