Belgium returns 2,000-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt

Belgian authorities on Friday said they had handed over a roughly 2,000-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt, a decade after it was seized by police in Brussels, according to AFP. Prosecutors said the artefact was presented to the Egyptian ambassador at a ceremony in the Brussels. "After 10 years of investigation and proceedings, it is a true act of justice to return to its country of origin an item that was misappropriated from its heritage," said Julien Moinil, the Brussels public prosecutor.