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A rare 3,400-year-old Egyptian burial shroud goes under the hammer in Paris on Thursday, on the latest leg of a journey that has seen it passed down from a billionaire banker to his wife and, later, his mistress.

A rare 3,400-year-old Egyptian burial shroud goes under the hammer in Paris on Thursday, on the latest leg of a journey that has seen it passed down from a billionaire banker to his wife and, later, his mistress.