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Linda Vizi, of the FBI, points out various aspects of a recently recovered ancient artifact called a "backflap" to the media Thursday, Oct. 9, 1997, in Philadelphia. For thousands of years the gilded decoration lay under the resting bones of a royal warrior-priest buried in the foothills of the Andes. A pair of Miami, Fla. smugglers flew the piece into New York, drove down the New Jersey turnpike to a parking lot at a Philadelphia hotel, and tried to sell it for $1.6 million, authorities said. To the left of Vizi is Philadelphia Police Commisioner Richard Neal. (AP Photo/Dan Loh)