To: blam; Victoria Delsoul; callisto; Ernest_at_the_Beach; RightWhale; Rutabega; PoisedWoman; Yeti; ...
3 posted on
10/26/2003 9:00:02 AM PST by
Sabertooth
(Freep Grover Norquist, but good!)
To: Sabertooth
Thanks for the ping.
I didn't even know that Ramses I-s mummy was in the US.
I think it was a nice gesture to give it back, but I don't think giving back antiquities is a good idea. This way they are all over the world for people to see at least some of the ancient treasures and should anything catastrophic happen in one place/museum (even just something like a fire in a museum, an earthquake, flood, whatever, the rest will be preserved.
To: Sabertooth
The mummy was welcomed back home with songs and military band music during a ceremony at the national museum in Cairo. This sounds really exciting. ;-)
12 posted on
10/26/2003 1:01:08 PM PST by
Victoria Delsoul
(I love the smell of winning, the taste of victory, and the joy of each glorious triumph)
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