Arrest of German Lebanese antiques smuggler solves sarcophagus riddle

LONDON: A long-running art-world mystery has been solved following the arrest of a German Lebanese antiques smuggler. During the Egyptian uprising in 2011, tomb raiders dug out the golden sarcophagus of a first century B.C. Egyptian priest. Studded with jewels and embellished with scenes and hieroglyphic texts — said to guide Nedjemankh, chief priest of the ram-headed Egyptian

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