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The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin (Update)
54 minutes Posted Aug 14, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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How did a freshly looted Egyptian antiquity end up in the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Why did it take Kim Kardashian to crack the case? And how much of what you see in any museum is stolen? (Part 1 of “Stealing Art Is Easy. Giving It Back Is Hard,” first published in 2023.)