Well, if that's really the photo of the mummy in question, I would say there's no doubt that it's not of ancient Egyptian origin.  Egyptian mummies were often covered in pitch and even when not, the cloth is always a tan-to-dark brown from age and the chemicals used to preserve the body... very, very rarely is it ever light tan or white.  I've seen probably 50+ mummies over the years, and never one like this.  On top of that, the sarcophagus is not even remotely of a style used by ancient Egyptians and the hieroglyphs are rubbish.

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And yet, who didn't immediately think "Nazis" and "Stolen Treasures" when they first read the headline?

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is a sex doll that his dad went to great lengths to hide from his woman. When they unwrap it, it will probably be one of those "Sex in the Shitty" dolls from Spencer's.

^Best theory yet^

I once read a novel set in the early 20th Century in which opportunistic Egyptians, cashing in on the European craze for anything "ancient Egypt," used to embalm and wrap fresh corpses in imitation of the ancient custom and sell the results as authentic Egyptian mummies.  I don't know if that is historical fact, but if it wasn't at least tried I'd be surprised.  The Egypt craze in Europe and the U.S. hit its stride in the 1920s after the King Tut find, and the silly "sarcophagus" in the photograph puts me in mind of that time period.  It could be a real mummy--just a rather modern one.