Mummy found in police raid

Quetta - Pakistani Police said yesterday they had found a crowned ancient mummy, possibly of an Iranian queen, during a raid …

Quetta - Pakistani Police said yesterday they had found a crowned ancient mummy, possibly of an Iranian queen, during a raid in the southwestern town of Quetta.

They said the mummy, estimated to be 2,500 years old, was found packed in a sealed box during a raid on the house of an "important personality" in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Baluchistan province bordering Iran and Afghanistan.

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