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The secretary general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass reported that Egypt is expected to make an official request to the United States this week for the return of a Pharoanic coffin smuggled out of the country 125 years ago

Hawass said that the wooden coffin, right, is more than 3,000 years old and belonged to Pharaoh Ames of the 21st Dynasty, which ruled from 1081 B.C. to 931 B.C.

The ornately decorated coffin was seized by customs officials in Miami last month, when an American, who bought it from a dealer in Spain, was unable to provide sufficient paperwork to prove ownership.
The council has sent documents to authorities in Miami proving that the coffin was taken out of Egypt illegally in 1884.

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