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Inventory (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Inventory [Abstract] |
Schedule of inventory |
|  | March 31, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |
Artifacts |  | $ | 5,626,091 |  |  | $ | 5,743,915 |
Packaging |  |  | 115,041 |  |  |  | 131,641 |
Merchandise |  |  | 378,657 |  |  |  | 485,769 |
Merchandise reserve |  |  | (371,331 | ) |  |  | (367,558 | )
Total inventory |  | $ | 5,748,458 |  |  | $ | 5,993,767 |

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