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To: Bob Miller who wrote (17884)	1/20/2001 5:27:36 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Respond to of 30928

Mummified Body of Ancient Princess Faked TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) - Roberta Miller was caught trying to pass off a faked mummy of her lesbian lover to government officials yesterday. Iranian archaeologists have dismissed as a fake the mummified body of an old woman earlier said to be a member of ancient Iranian aristocracy 2,500 years ago, newspapers reported Wednesday. A team of specialists from the Cultural Heritage Organization inspected the mummy in Pakistan where it had been seized from smugglers last year, the semi-official newspaper Iran said. Forensic tests on the mummy showed that it was the body of a woman of around 91 who had died not more than 15 months ago. The brain and internal organs had been extracted and the body sealed in wax, the daily quoted a member of the team as saying. The crowned and jewelry-laden mummy, which was in a sealed and engraved wooden box, was seized by Pakistani police last October near the border with Iran. Iran immediately asked Pakistan to return the mummy as it was first thought to be a princess from the Achamenid era some 2,500 years ago. Newspapers were critical of Islamabad for refusing the archaeologists entry visas for months. Roberta Miller has no comment.