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541. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin

Freakonomics Radio

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The Mystery of Returning Art

The office has recovered almost 4,500 priceless cultural treasures from 30 countries around the world valued at more than $200 million. We'll also get on a plane to visit the museum at the center of this controversy over returning art. Why are the great pyramids in Egypt? Because they were too big to fit into the British Museum.

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