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New York Met museum returns stolen ancient Egyptian coffin
US authorities have returned a stolen coffin to Egypt, two years after it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The 2,100-year-old coffin of a priest called Nedjemankh ...
The Washington Post26d
Egypt inspired Black artists. Was it appropriation or homage?
“Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now,” an exhibition recently opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores 150 years of that creative endeavor, from a painting ...
Smithsonian Magazine27d
Every Two Years, Staffers at the Met Get to See Their Own Art on the Prestigious Museum’s Walls
The museum has been ... Khalil, who is from Egypt, immigrated to the United States in 2006. He also has a wooden bust on view in another exhibition at the Met, “Flight into Egypt.” ...