[Mb-civic] BBC E-mail: Mummy smugglers jailed for life

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Officials estimated the smuggling gang exported some 57,000 pieces worth about $55m (£30m), including human and animal mummies, coins, statues and wooden sarcophagi. 



** Mummy smugglers jailed for life **
Three men get life imprisonment over a scam to smuggle artefacts worth more than $50m out of Egypt.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4149204.stm >


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