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SANAA, Yemen, March 7 (UPI) -- Yemeni authorities have seized a shipment of stolen antiques, including two mummies dating to three centuries B.C., about to be smuggled out of the country.
A security source said Monday the suspected thieves were being interrogated to verify if they had stolen other pieces.
He said a special team from the department of museums and antiques would examine the mummies, which were stolen from an archeological site in the province of Maarab in northeastern Yemen.
The source said police also foiled last week an attempt to smuggle 800 antiques dating back to the Islamic era, as early as the 7th century, and to ages before Jesus Christ.
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