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Ancient Egyptian skulls found in U.K. garden

http://tinyurl.com/2z2atl (South Manchester Reporter)
Bizarre story about a Manchester (U.K.) man who found ancient Egyptian remains whilst digging in his back garden:

Carrying out a routine spot of garden maintenance, Matthew McClelland was horrified to see a skull staring back at him from the hole he had just created with his spade.

Before he knew what was happening to him, police had sealed off the site and were maintaining a 24-hour watch over his home. His worst nightmare then began to unfold in front of his eyes as police pulled a second human head from the garden - and he began to fear that he could become the chief suspect.

Thankfully, officers soon got to the bottom of the mystery after discovering that the remains dated back to before Matthew was even born - by around 2,000 years. Tests carried out on the bones show that the skulls were Egyptian artifacts, quashing fears that Matthew’s home on Ivygreen Road, Chorlton was a mass burial site.

Unfortunately, the article emphasises the shock-horror factor of the discovery, but says almost nothing about the skulls,which were apparently collected by the house's former owner.

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