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April 25, 2005: Sheikh Saud and Book of the Dead
"Penrhyn’s Book of the Dead was sold privately two years ago by the heirs of Janet Douglas Pennant. The price was unusually high for such a scroll, in the region of £200,000. What happened next is mystifying."
