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To: Reaganwuzthebest
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) -- An American-financed expedition to find the tomb of legendary conqueror Genghis Khan has stopped work after being accused by a prominent Mongolian politician of desecrating traditional rulers' graves....

Sounds like someone forgot to gease a few palms.

9 posted on 08/14/2002 4:27:27 AM PDT by yankeedame
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To: yankeedame
Probably; and by the time the team smoothes things over in a year, the whole place will have been throughly searched and robbed, if there is anything there. It would be like Spiro Mounds in OK... as soon as the archaeologists leave, the locals looted and little was found in context to be studied.
10 posted on 08/16/2002 10:38:04 PM PDT by piasa
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