FYI--From the Mercury News Service. Note the article web address. >>*** Britain sets up 'Mummy Tissue Bank' Britain is setting up the world's first Mummy Tissue Bank in an international effort to trace the diseases, sex habits and lifestyles of the ancient Egyptians. The tissue bank--due to open in 1997 in Manchester, England--will be run in collaboration with U.S. and Egyptian scientists. The team will gather samples of blood, tissue and internal organs from mummies housed in museums around the world. Tissues from the pharaohs will be stored in Cairo. The export of royal remains from Egypt is banned. For the full text story, see http://www.merc.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=573018-11d<< Chuck ><> Charles O. Ellenbaum Professor of Anthropology & Religious studies College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 USA [log in to unmask]