Egypt's Ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat (L) and Dore Gold (2nd-L), director-general of Israel's foreign ministry, pose with Egyptian diplomats in front of ancient sarcophagi covers, which Israel handed back to Egypt, in Jerusalem May 22, 2016. Israeli Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Sunday returned to Egypt two stolen sarcophagi lids, saying the repatriation of the millennia-old artefacts was a sign of warmer relations between the two countries.
Israel Antiquities Authority investigators found the two artefacts, one dating back between 3,400 and 3,600 years and the second about 3,000 years-old, in an antiquity dealer's shop in East Jerusalem about five years ago.
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