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That in 1976, the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II (ca. 1315-1223 BC) was attacked by fungus and had to leave the Cairo Museum to be examined by experts in France. When getting off the plane, the mummy received the honors for the Heads of State and even went so a special passport issued by the Egyptian government?

Mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II - Cairo´s Egyptian Museum

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