Taking the wraps off mummy-smuggling rings

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 15:00 in Earth & Climate

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.

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