Stolen hair returned to Egypt

From: Winnipeg Free Press | Date: April 11, 2007| Author: Massihzadegan, Setarreh | Copyright information

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By Setarreh Massihzadegan

CAIRO, Egypt -- 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.

The small tufts of brown hair were displayed alongside pieces of linen bandages and 11 pieces of resin used in the mummification of Ramses and his son, Merneptah, in a ...

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