Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Back to Egypt

Ancient pharaoh's hair returns to Egypt (AP)

Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, left, and Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, center, view a 3,200-year-old sample of hair from the pharaoh Ramses II during its unveiling at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, April 10, 2007. The samples of hair, linen bandages and resin used in the mummification were returned to Egypt after disappearing 30 years ago in France and discovered after being put up for sale on a Web site last November by a French postman. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Locks of 3,200-year-old hair from the pharaoh Ramses II were unveiled at the Egyptian Museum on Tuesday, returned to Egypt after being stolen 30 years ago in France and put up for sale on the Internet.


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