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}}}>Begin Fri 28 Dec 2001 show images The famous 'Golden Arches', but now the Egyptian authorities want what lies beneath one of them. Egypt wants mummies from McDonald�s Michelle Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] EGYPTIAN authorities have asked for the return of two ancient mummies which are buried in the foundations of a McDonald�s restaurant in Britain, it was revealed last night. The mummies, which are believed to be among just a few that remain buried in British soil, were excavated from Egypt along with a number of other artefacts at the end of the 19th Century by the Rev William MacGregor. He used the artefacts to set up a museum at his rural home Bolehall Manor, near Tamworth, Staffordshire. But shortly after going on display the mummies began to deteriorate, and Mr MacGregor had to bury them in his back g arden. He later decided to rebury them in the foundations of a new cinema which was built in Tamworth in 1935. But 70-years on, the cinema has become a McDonald's restaurant and the Egyptian authorities have said they would like to see the mummies returned home. Dr Zahi Hawass, director of the Pyramids region, based in Cairo, said that during the 19th century many Egyptian tombs were raided and their contents shipped abroad. He said: "There are as many mummies in England and America as there are in Egypt. A lot were taken in the 19th century - many mummies left Egypt and were taken to museums and private collections. "I think it�s important to study them and I would suggest that someone is invited to look at them. "They should be given to a museum or handed back to Egypt. "I don�t think there is any mummy which is not important - they are part of Egyptmania and I think it�s important to look at them, to study them. It would be wonderful if they were brought back." John Harper, chairman of the Tamworth Heritage Society, said that the burial of the mummies in the foundations had been revealed by the former owner of the Palace Cinema. However, the identity of the mummies remains unknown and Mr Harper added: "You have to remember that during the 1920s and �30s there was a craze for them and people were shipping mummies over here by the boatload." The Staffordshire history expert said Mr MacGregor had the mummies reburied after walking through the Tamworth town centre and deciding that the cinema�s foundations looked like the kind of burial sites he had seen in Egy pt. Mr Harper added: "So he asked the foreman if he would mind if he deposited a couple of his mummies in the foundations." The Palace Cinema and the George Street area has since been redeveloped and the foundations in which the mummies are buried now find themselves supporting the McDonald�s restaurant. 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