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Mummy found is Egyptian

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A famous Pakistani archaeologist Wednesday that a mummy, found with smugglers recently in "Baluchistan" province, is Egyptian and not Iranian.

A 2,600-year-old mummy of a princess stirred up the "strangest and most complicated" controversy as Afghanistan and Iran entered into the ancient dispute.

Ahmed Hassan Dani was pretty sure that the mummy was Egyptian.

In statements to the Middle East News Agency MENA he said that the mummification was Egyptian made.

The mummy of the 18-year-old princess was found in the possession of smugglers. It is resting now at the national museum.

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