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August 22, 2017

Egypt Seizes a Collection of Odd Jewish Artifacts

Including “the commandments of Judas Iscariot” and a bad translation into Hebrew.

Working in cooperation with Israeli authorities, Egyptian police interdicted at least one smuggler trying to transport six antique objects via Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Amanda Borschel-Dan describes some of these unusual items, most of which were dated to the 18th century:

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August 22, 2017

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