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Monday, October 31
October 31, 2011

The “Treasure of Benghazi” was stolen from a Libyan bank vault last May. The collection includes more than 7,000 coins, jewelry, medallions, bracelets, anklets, necklaces, earrings, rings, and armbands made of precious metals and estimated to be more than 2,000 years old. Several hundred of the coins have since turned up in Egypt, according to unconfirmed […]

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