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Egypt Displays Looted Coffin Returned from New York

The Gold Coffin of Nedjemankh is displayed during a news conference to announce its return to the people of Egypt in New York City, US, September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
The Gold Coffin of Nedjemankh is displayed during a news conference to announce its return to the people of Egypt in New York City, US, September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Egypt Displays Looted Coffin Returned from New York

The Gold Coffin of Nedjemankh is displayed during a news conference to announce its return to the people of Egypt in New York City, US, September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
The Gold Coffin of Nedjemankh is displayed during a news conference to announce its return to the people of Egypt in New York City, US, September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Egypt is displaying a gilded coffin of a high-ranking ancient Egyptian priest returned to the country last week from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art after US investigators determined to be a looted antiquity.

The coffin once held the mummy of Nedjemankh, a priest in the Ptolemaic Period some 2,000 years ago.

It was put on display on Tuesday at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo in a ceremony attended by US Charge d'Affaires Thomas Goldberger.

Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Ananni said the repatriation of this "unique, wonderful" artifact shows a "very strong solidarity" between Egypt and the US.

The highly ornamented coffin had been buried in Egypt before it was stolen from the country’s Minya region after the political upheaval of October 2011, authorities said.

The Met bought it from a Paris art dealer in 2017 for about $4 million and made it the centerpiece of an exhibition. It was removed in February. The Met has apologized to Egypt.

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Power Failures Cause Disruption on London Tube

People walk at Waterloo station, after Transport for London (TfL) reported a power failure across the London Underground, London Overground and the Elizabeth line, in London, Britain, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)
People walk at Waterloo station, after Transport for London (TfL) reported a power failure across the London Underground, London Overground and the Elizabeth line, in London, Britain, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)
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Power Failures Cause Disruption on London Tube

People walk at Waterloo station, after Transport for London (TfL) reported a power failure across the London Underground, London Overground and the Elizabeth line, in London, Britain, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)
People walk at Waterloo station, after Transport for London (TfL) reported a power failure across the London Underground, London Overground and the Elizabeth line, in London, Britain, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Power failures caused delays and disruption on London's Tube network on Monday, as several of its busiest lines were suspended.

The Bakerloo line was completely suspended as of 1715 local time (1615 GMT), while other services including the Jubilee, Elizabeth and Piccadilly lines were facing severe or minor delays following a power outage more than two hours earlier.

Transport for London (TfL) said it was working to get the whole network back to normal service as quickly as possible.

"Due to a brief interruption of the power supply to our network, several lines lost power for a short period earlier this afternoon," TfL Chief Operating Officer Claire Mann said in a statement.

Britain's National Grid confirmed that a fault on its transmission network had caused a power failure.

"The fault was resolved within seconds and did not interrupt supply from our network, but a consequent voltage dip may have briefly affected power supplies on the low voltage distribution network in the area," a spokesperson said.

The incident also caused a small contained fire which was brought under control, National Grid said.

The potential for power failures to cause major disruption came into sharp focus in March when London's Heathrow Airport was forced to shut for 18 hours due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation, stranding hundreds of thousands of air travelers.

Transport trade union TSSA called for an inquiry into the incident to ensure a similar power outage does not happen again.

"Safety for all is key at this moment, but in due course we will need a proper inquiry into what happened and the lessons to be learned," TSSA General Secretary Maryam Eslamdoust said.