Israel says return of artefacts to Egypt shows relations warming

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. The Israeli foreign ministry said the wooden sarcophagi covers were stolen in Egypt and smuggled to Ea