Memphis CBP seizes ancient Egyptian artifact
Almost one month ago, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the port of Memphis, TN, intercepted an ancient Egyptian artifact shipped from Europe. The shipment was manifested as an antique stone sculpture over 100 years old and sent from a dealer to a private buyer in USA.
CBP worked with subject matter experts at the University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, to determine whether the artifact was authentic.
It is indeed an Egyptian canopic jar lid of the funeral deity named Imsety. The lid is likely from the Egyptian third intermediate period, 1069 BC to 653 BC, making it potentially 3,000 years old.
CBP seized it and it was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations for further examination and to determine its provenance. (cj)