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Was a bit clandestine. the egyptian man, whom i understood to be the owner of the papyri, gave me the impression of being very tense, very wired and keyed up. i had the impression that he might be the kind of person who would carry a gun. >> emmel and his colleagues are being pressured to decide their value even without knowing exactly what these pages are from. >> i began to see the name judas. but it was a work in coptic that i wasnt familiar with. we were interested in buying them. what was t...

1978: a mysterious stone box is unearthed in the egyptian desert. it contains what appears to be a biblical text written in an ancient language. no one yet knows what it says. >> its like a cross between "the maltese falcon" and an "indiana jones" movie. >> this intriguing document enters the shady world of the antiquities black market and surfaces in geneva. >> thats where the banks are. thats where the rich people are. its the glitziest black market youve ever seen. >> stephen emmel, a special...

No one yet knows what it says. >> its like a cross between "the maltese falcon" and an "indiana jones" movie. >> this intriguing document enters the shady world of the antiquities black market and surfaces in geneva. >> thats where the banks are. thats where the rich people are. its the glitziest black market youve ever seen. >> stephen emmel, a specialist in ancient languages, arrives in switzerland to investigate. >> the egyptian government doesnt give permission to remove artifacts unless the...

Impression of being very tense, very wired and keyed up. i had the impression that he might be the kind of person who would carry a gun. >> emmel and his colleagues are being pressured to decide their value even without knowing exactly what these pages are from. >> i began to see the name judas. but it was a work in coptic that i wasnt familiar with. we were interested in buying them. what was the price? and then came a bombshell. the man wanted $3 million dollars. >> this is far more than they ...

Biblical text written in an ancient language. no one yet knows what it says. >> its like a cross between the maltese falcon and an "indiana jones" movie. >> this intriguing document enters the shady world of the antiquities black market and surfaces in geneva. >> thats where the banks are. thats where the rich people are. its the glitziest black market youve ever seen. >> stephen emmel, a specialist in ancient languages, arrives in switzerland to investigate. >> the egyptian government doesnt gi...

Impression of being very tense, very wired and keyed up. i had the impression that he might be the kind of person who would carry a gun. >> emmel and his colleagues are being pressured to decide their value even without knowing exactly what these pages are from. >> i began to see the name judas, that it was a work in coptic that i wasnt familiar with. we were interested in buying them. what was the price? and then came a bombshell. the man wanted $3 million. >> this is far more than they can aff...

>> its like a cross between the maltese falcon and an "indiana jones" movie. >> this intriguing document enters the shady world of the antiquities black market and surfaces in geneva. >> thats where the banks are. thats where the rich people are. its the glitziest black market youve ever seen. >> stephen emmel, a specialist in ancient languages, arrives in switzerland to investigate. >> the egyptian government doesnt give permission to remove artifacts unless theyve been part of an archaeologica...

Might be the kind of person who would carry a gun. >> emmel and his colleagues are bepring red to decide thr value en without knowi exactly what these pages are from. >> i began to see the name judas, that it was a work in coptic that i wasnt familiar with. we were interested in buying them. what was the price? and then came a bombshell. the man wanted $3 million. >> this is far more than they can afford. >> the egyptian man signaled to his associate to close up the boxes, and that was the end o...

Unearthed in the egyptian desert. it contains what appears to be a biblical text written in an ancient language. no one yet knows what it says. >> its like a cross between the maltese falcon and an "indiana jones" movie. >> this intriguing document enters the shady world of the antiquities black market and surfaces in geneva. >> thats where the banks are. thats where the rich people are. its the glitziest black market youve ever seen. >> stephen emmel, a specialist in ancient languages, arrives ...

Was a bit clandestine. the egyptian man whom i understood to be the owner of the papyri gave me the impression of being very tense, very wired and keyed up. i had the impression that he might be the kind of person who would carry a gun. >> emmel and his colleagues are being pressured to decide their value even without knowing exactly what these pages are from. >> i began to see the name judas, that it was a work in coptic that i wasnt familiar with. we were interested in buying them. what was th...