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541. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin

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Kim Kardashian's Met Gala Photo Helped Solve Looted Gold Egyptian Coffin Case

More than 170,000 of the finest antiquities from the very cradle of civilization had been stolen while US forces stood idle. The photograph shows Kardashian in a shimmering or nate gold dress, a Donatella Versace design, posing beside a golden coffin that's detailed with the face of an Egyptian priest named Nedgemunk. It's a cute photo. Kim Kardashian and the long dead Egyptian priest are essentially twinning.

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