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Ancient gilded coffin is returned to Egypt

26-09-2019
Sourced from: Associated Press

A golden coffin that was presented at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is now on its way back to Egypt after it was determined to be a looted antiquity. The coffin was bought from a Paris art dealer in 2017 for about $4 million.

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