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Secrets of the Screaming Man

An ancient Egyptian mystery is solved with modern technology in a fascinating TV documentary airing Sunday.

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Picture this scene inside the Cairo Museum about six months ago: Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (a fancy way of saying the world’s leading mummy expert), and British filmmaker Anthony Geffen huddled in the museum’s tomblike archives.

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