Daily Blog 07/27/2011
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The rescue of an ancient Egyptian mummy’s sarcophagus this month from alleged smugglers in New York — the first time authorities say an international artifacts’ smuggling ring was dismantled within the United States — sounds more like the plot of a movie than reality.
Amazingly, however, mummy smuggling not only still happens today, it was once so common that enough mummies were available to be ground up and sold as powder, archaeologists reveal.
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