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Article: RETURN OF THE MUMMY! EXCLUSIVE; Irish university to send 3,000-year-old corpse which put curse on the Titanic back to its home under the Pyramids.(News)
- Article from:
- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 13, 2002
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Byline: JOE POLIZZI
AN ANCIENT Egyptian mummy which has rested in Ireland for centuries is about to go home.
The 3,000-year-old preserved corpse of a nobleman called Osiris Pa-Khnum has been at University College Cork since the early 1800s.
Considered the most mysterious mummy in Ireland, a legend claims that Osiris is responsible for a CURSE which sank the Titanic.
In an exclusive interview, Head of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities Zahi Hawass told The Irish People: "This mummy is coming home.
"I was in Ireland on a ...