Back in 1910, an Englishman named Douglas Murray was in Cairo researching ancient Egyptology. one day, a poorly-dressed, very sick-looking American man came into his office and offered to sell Murray a mummy was the body of Hatshepsut,an ancient Egyptian high priestess of the temple of Ammon-Ra,who had died in Thebes around 1600 B.C. The man didn't explain how he had gotten the mummy, but Murray,feeling this was a great opportunity for study and possibly the most important find of his whole career, agreed to buy it. He quickly wrote the American a check, but the never cashed as the man died just hours later.