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Even an Ancient Egyptian Mummy needs a passport!

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

…AND DID YOU PACK YOUR CASE YOURSELF, SIR? The ancient Egyptian mummy of famous King Rameses the Great, or Rameses II as he is more commonly known had his own real-life passport! On the passport it listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”! In 1974, the mummy had to be flown from the Cairo Museum to [...]

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