SHAWKI KHAZEN, SHOWS AWOODEN CEDAR BOX CONTAINING A MUMMIFIED LEFT HAND, 1999-01-07 (photo)

LEBANON-MUMMY:AJALTOUN,LEBANON,7JAN99-Shawki Khazen, shows a wooden cedar box containing an Egyptian mummified left hand of a woman with two fingers missing during an Interview with Reuters in his home in Ajaltoun village in mount Lebanon January 7. The world known supplies of mummified hand has doubled after the unveiling of bizzare relics among the Kesrouan mountains overlooking the Mediterranean. Last month, an auctioneer in Florida said he refused to sell a similar hand which belonged to a 4,000-year old Egyptian princess after a $300,000 bid fell short of the minimum $500,000 asked. JS/ns/