Mystery Over Stolen Egyptian Sarcophagus Made Of Gold And Sold To Metropolitan Museum Of Art In NYC Solved In Hamburg

The gilded Coffin lid for the Priest Nedjemankh from the late Ptolemaic Period (150–50 B.C.) in Egypt. Note: This photo is available under CC0 license. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Newsflash) The gilded Coffin lid for the Priest Nedjemankh from the late Ptolemaic Period (150–50 B.C.) in Egypt. Note: This photo is available under CC0 license. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Newsflash)
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28 March 2022
The mystery surrounding a stolen ancient golden Egyptian sarcophagus that was sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City using forged export documents has been solved with the arrest of a German citizen in Hamburg. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has since returned...