The United States has something Egypt wants back and it’s not Brendan Fraser.
The Egyptian government claims we’re in possession of a 3,000-year-old wooden coffin illegally smuggled out of the country more than a century ago and wants to make sure it isn't auctioned like a pair of Chinese sculptures were in February. The nearly 5-foot-long coffin was removed from a tomb in Luxor around 1884. The ornamented coffin belonged to Pharaoh Ames of the 21st Dynasty, which ruled over Egypt from 1081-931 B.C.
The Associated Press is reporting that the coffin is currently in the hands of the customs authority in Miami, Fla., who confiscated it after it was shipped to the United States from Spain.
U.S. officials could not immediately be reached for comment, but sources close to the case believe government officials are tying to get Egypt, as part of the terms of return, to take possession of all DVD copies of box office bomb The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
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