Egypt retrieves ancient "green coffin" from U.S.

STORY: Egypt retrieves ancient "green coffin" from U.S. DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:44 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SAMEH SHOUKRY, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs 3. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Egypt announced on Monday that an ancient cover of a coffin, known as the "Green Coffin," was returned from the United States. The artifact belongs to a priest named Ankh In Maat, which dates from the Late Period (664-332 BC), Egypt's Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said in a statement. The green coffin cover, made of wood, is nearly 3 meters long and carved with gilded decorations and hieroglyphic writings, according to the ministry. It will be deposited in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to be examined and maintained, it added. Sixteen other artifacts were also recovered from the United States along with the coffin, according to the ministry. Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and the Minister of