#nedjemankh

[ancientegyptdaily]

Coffin of priest Nedjemankh: stolen in 2011 and returned to Egypt in 2019 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC [X].

[archaeologicalnews]

Egypt displays looted coffin returned from New York's Met

Egypt displayed a gilded ancient coffin from the first century B.C. on Tuesday, which New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art returned last week after U.S. investigators determined it to be a looted antiquity.

The coffin once held the mummy of Nedjemankh, a priest in the Ptolemaic Period some 2,000 years ago. It was put on display at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo.

Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany said the repatriation of this "unique, wonderful" artifact shows a "very strong solidarity" between Egypt and the U.S.

The Met bought it from a Paris art dealer in 2017 for about $4 million and made it the centerpiece of an exhibition. The precious artifact was removed in February after proof of its theft was presented. Read more.

[thatshowthingstarted]

“Gilded Coffin of the Priest Nedjemankh,” Late Ptolemaic Period (150-50 BCE),

Cartonnage, Gold, Silver, Resin, Glass, Wood 

Image courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art 

[imperium-romanum]

After New York visit, looted coffin of ancient Egyptian priest goes home

The gilded coffin of a high-ranking ancient Egyptian priest, which had been buri...

By Peter Szekely

“NEW YORK (Reuters) - The gilded coffin of a high-ranking ancient Egyptian priest, which had been buried, looted and illegally sold before going on public display at a New York museum, was returned on Wednesday to Egyptian authorities.”

“The coffin of Nedjemankh, which dates back to the first century B.C., came to New York two years ago by way of a global art underground network before being sold to an unwitting Metropolitan Museum of Art for $4 million, authorities said.”

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[imperium-romanum]

Met hands over an Egyptian coffin that it says was looted

Museum says it cooperated with district attorney's investigation

Less than two years after an acquisition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it had handed over a first-century BC gilded coffin to the Manhattan district attorney for return to the Egyptian government after discovering that it had been looted in 2011.

The Met’s statement said it had been “fully cooperative” in recent months with an investigation by the district attorney’s office into the coffin’s origins.

The museum acquired the coffin of Nedjemankh, which was until this week the centrepiece of a Met exhibition, in July 2017 from what it then described as a private collection. The institution says it now realises that it was given a fraudulent ownership history as well as a forged 1971 Egyptian export license for the coffin.

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[pacozeacom]

Met de Nueva York devolverá a Egipto un sarcófago por procedencia irregular

Met de Nueva York devolverá a Egipto un sarcófago por procedencia irregular

El Met aseguró que “considerará todos los recursos disponibles para recuperar el precio de compra pagado por el ataúd” y se comprometió “a identificar cómo se puede hacer justicia”

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