Australian Arrested for Mummy Smuggling in Egypt

I wonder if he will use the Schapelle Corby defense, the baggage handlers did it!:

AN Australian teacher has reportedly been arrested after allegedly attempting to leave Cairo with 2000-year-old Egyptian artefacts.

The 61 year old was arrested at Cario International Airport, Associated Press has reported.

The man’s name is yet to be released.

He was allegedly found with mummies and religious figurines stuffed in his luggage, an Egyptian airport security official said.

The official said the mummy of a cat and an ibis, as well as 19 votive figurines of the ancient Egyptian gods Horus and Thoth had been wrapped as gifts, the official said today.

An antiquity official at the airport said one of the pieces dated back to 300BC.

Horus was the ancient Egyptian god of the sky, while Thoth was the god of writing.

Egypt imposes severe penalties on people caught smuggling its artefacts.  [News.com]