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Boston s Museum of Fine Arts is forced to return 3,000-year-old Egyptian child s coffin to Sweden after learning it was stolen

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has been forced to return an Egyptian child s coffin to Sweden after it was revealed to have been stolen from the Uppsala University Museum in 1970.

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US returns ancient Egyptian coffin to Swedish museum

The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston has returned a small decorated clay sarcophagus belonging to an Egyptian child who died over 3,000 years ago to Sweden's Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum after discovering that the artifact had been stolen.

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MFA curator determines Egyptian child s coffin stolen, prompting return

“I kind of had a feeling about which way this is going to go,” said Victoria Reed, senior curator of provenance at the Museum of Fine Arts. “It’s very clear that we didn’t necessarily have the documentation that we thought we did.”

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Ancient Egyptian Child s Coffin Returned To Swedish Museum From USA

Ancient Egyptian Child s Coffin Returned To Swedish Museum From USA
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Sleuthing leads the MFA to return an Egyptian coffin to Sweden

The MFA and the Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum In Sweden worked together to correct the record on an ancient object's origins.

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