Hair of Ramesses II goes home
Egypt

Hair of Ramesses II goes home


http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070402-0316-egypt-mummy.html
After intervention by the French authorities, an Egyptian mission has returned home with the much disputed fragments of hair, apparently saved after restoration work carried out on the mummy of Ramesses II in Paris: "Strands of hair from the head of the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II came home to Egypt on Monday after the son of a French laboratory worker tried to sell them on the Internet".




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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/840/eg2.htmhttp://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/840/_eg2.htm (image of the hair)"There was excitement at the Egyptian Museum on Tuesday when dozens of Egyptian and foreign journalists and photographers crowded on the first floor...

- Ancient Mummy Hair To Return To Egypt
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10431639"Egypt sent an archaeological team to France today to retrieve 3200-year-old strands of hair from the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II, who presided over an era of great military expansion...

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http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070226-013711-2645r"France is to hand over to Egypt a lock of hair said to belong to the mummy of Ramses II that was put on sale on the Internet last year, French officials said Monday. Egyptian diplomats...

- More Re Sale Of Ramesses Ii Hair
I was wondering when I posted it yesterday if this story would turn into a controversy: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=iol1164798215148F622"Egypt warned France on Wednesday that anything short of full cooperation in the...

- Vends Meches De Cheveux De La Momie De Ramses Ii
http://collection.vivastreet.fr/annonces-livres-occasion/vends-meches-cheveux-la-momie Thanks to Thierry Benderitter from http://www.osirisnet.net/ for this news item. The son of one of the French scientists who took care of Ramesses II's mummy during...



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