MUMMY I'M HOME! The British Museum's 130 mummies have a luxurious new'dormitory'. Our writer took a trembling step inside. From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: November 20, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: ROBERT HARDMAN

THIS is the stuff of Hollywood. It's like being a grownup Harry Potter. You arrive at a huge, historic building in the middle of a famous capital city. You wander wide-eyed through soaring marble halls before being led through an unobtrusive side door. You walk down dimly-lit passages and the occasional narrow staircase and finally reach a series of hefty, locked doors. One by one, they open up until you are in a large, chilly, windowless chamber which knows no day, no night, no season.

Then you realise you are not exactly alone. Right up to the ...

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