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$\"Mummy$ <\/p>\n

When I saw the photo above by M. Elsevier Stokmans, which accompanied the news<\/a> that a CT scan of a Buddha statue had revealed a mummy inside<\/a>, I presume I wasn\u2019t the only one to think of the Doctor Who episode \u201cDark Water\u201d and the Cybermen, right?<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more information on Robs Webstek\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"