Three-meter-tall coffin, which may have belonged to priest named Ankhenmaat, was stolen and smuggled via Germany into US in 2008; returned in official Cairo ceremony
Customs and Border Protection officials in Memphis intercept Egyptian jar lid of the funeral deity named Imsety; jars used to hold mummies' internal organs
Trove includes 250 painted sarcophagi with well-preserved mummies inside, as well as 150 bronze statues of ancient deities and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis
18 pharaohs, including Ramses II, and four other royals transported on trucks to new museum in event meant to showcase country's rich history, spur tourism
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