67. The Mummy that Wasn’t

During a murder investigation, a tip leads police to a video of a mummified 2,600 year old Persian Princess circulating the dark web in Pakistan to be sold on the black market. Details about this discovery made scientists skeptical about its authenticity. Once more research was done, though, what they found was much more disturbing than they had ever imagined.

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Episode Sources:

• https://archive.archaeology.org/0101/etc/persia.html

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4749861.stm

• https://sites.psu.edu/emmatilton/2016/01/21/are-you-my-mummy/

• https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2001/06/modern-mummy-mystery

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/persianmummytrans.shtml

• https://www.maryhallbergmedia.com/post/the-mystery-of-the-persian-princess-mummy

• https://www.grunge.com/69067/untold-truth-mummies/

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-mummy-hoax-might-be-wrapped-up-in-a-modern-murder

• https://web.archive.org/web/20141021175641/http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/news-archives/22661/

• https://listverse.com/2019/09/14/creepy-mysteries-that-are-still-unsolved/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOoAdLHpkSc