Topic: Egypt Pictures: Roman-Style Mummy, Tombs Found

[sam]

"Dressed" in Roman robes, a 2,000-year-old coffin stares back from a rare Egyptian grave in the Bahariya Oasis, about 225 miles (362 kilometers) southwest of Cairo (Egypt map).

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/photogalleries/100420-roman-mummy-egypt-pictures/

strange..

[Clive]

Where's Erich Von Daniken when you need him?   

[Rik]

A blast from the past, Clive.

[Clive]

He had a cult following until he was exposed as a charleton.   

[Rik]

Yes, but in the 70s he was required reading.

[Clive]

I bought all his books!   

[Rik]

We did too. BCA?

[Clive]

But of course!   

[Rik]

 

Now we will have them wondering, Clive.

[Simon]

Indeed!

[Rik]

Let me know when you'd like an explanation.

[Simon]

  Go on then... 

[Rik]

Back in the 70s, book clubs were big business. There was a huge range of 'individual' clubs, eg History, Military, Fiction etc, but it was one business - Book Club Associates, BCA. Their editions were printed from the same plates as the original books, but used cheaper paper and binding - not bad, but not as good as.

[Simon]

I knew about BCA, as I've used them myself.  I thought you were going to explain who Erich Von Daniken was. 

[Rik]

No-one could explain that.