Pak archaeologist confirms views of Iranian experts on mummy

ISLAMABAD (NNI): A top archaelogist of Pakistan on Sunday endorsed the views of an Iranian expert team, which announced that the mummy recently found in Pakistan was fake.

Professor Dr. Ahmad Hassan Dani said these findings have not only exposed the originality of the mummy but would also end the dispute over its origin.

An Iranian team visited Pakistan last week and examined the mummy, recently found in Pakistan's Baluchistan province, and after study and analyzing the situation, it observed that the mummy was fake and worthless. The mummy, apparently of an ancient Iranian princesses, were recovered from a tribal smuggler in Quetta city of Baluchistan province and shifted to Karachi.

In an interview with IRNA, he said, "I am satisfied with the findings of the Iranian team and support its views about the originality of the mummy." Professor Dani had earlier said that the mummy might belong to Egypt as there had never been the culture of mummification in Iran.

"I had seen the box of the mummy but did not open its door and my observations were based upon the study of the box of this mummy," he said. Professor Dani said the Iranian experts had a deep study and observation of the mummy.