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New York Metro Museum Returns Stolen Nedjemankh Coffin to Egypt

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it was returning to Egypt a prized artifact after learning it was stolen from the country in 2011.

The Met said Friday that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office found evidence that the museum was given a false ownership history for the gilded Coffin of Nedjemankh, reported The Associated Press.

The Met bought the piece from a Paris art dealer in 2017 and displayed it until this week.

Nedjemankh was a high-ranking first century BC priest.

Investigators said the Met was given fraudulent documents, including a forged 1971 Egyptian export license.

Met president Daniel Weiss apologized to Egypt. He said the museum was a fraud victim and unwitting participant in the illegal trade of antiquities.

The Met revealed that it was cooperating with the DA’s investigation and revising its acquisitions process.

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