Egypt's minister of tourism and antiquities said the huge sarcophagus lid 'was looted and smuggled from Egypt to the United States a few years ago.'
Egyptian authorities announced the recovery of a heavy sarcophagus lid from the United States on Monday at a ceremony in Cairo.
Ahmed Issa, Egypt's minister of tourism and antiquities, said the lid"was looted and smuggled from Egypt to the United States a few years ago." Mostafa Waziri of the Supreme Council of Antiquities takes a look with a magnifier at the ancient wooden sarcophagus during a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry in Cairo on Monday."The sarcophagus is very thick, which pushed looters to steal the sarcophagus's lid without the base," Waziri added during the news conference, saying it is known as the"Green Sarcophagus" because of the green face on top of it.
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