Egypt recovers sarcophagus lid from US
Jan 03, 2023
Cairo [Egypt], January 3: Egypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States. Egyptian Foreign Minister SamehShoukry announced the recovery of the artefact, known as the "Green Sarcophagus", during a televised press conference Monday. He said it had been surreptitiously removed from the country and its recovery is part of efforts to "protect Egypt's heritage".