Even cheaper solution:
Posted on 09/22/2025 11:00:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Earlier this month, an ancient Egyptian bracelet was stolen from a restoration lab in Cairo's Egyptian Museum. Dating back 3,000 years, the gold artifact had belonged to Amenemope, a pharaoh who ruled during Egypt's Third Intermediate Period.
Now, investigators have discovered the artifact's whereabouts: They say a museum employee stole the bracelet and sold it for less than $4,000. The buyer melted it down...
Museum staffers discovered the bracelet was missing when they were itemizing artifacts for shipment abroad last week, reports the London Times' Magdy Samaan... the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities... found that the artifact had passed from a museum restoration specialist to a silver trader to the owner of a jewelry workshop. The workshop owner sold it to a gold smelter, who melted it down. Four suspects have been arrested...
The bracelet was a simple gold band decorated by one spherical lapis lazuli bead. It had been part of the collection of the pharaoh Amenemope, who ruled from Tanis in the Nile Delta during Egypt's 21st Dynasty...
In Egypt, stealing an artifact with the intent to smuggle it is punishable by life in prison and fines of up to $100,000, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). Charges against the parties involved have not yet been announced.
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
Yup.
The rest of the 3rdIP and 21st dynasty keywords, sorted:
Hope it is.
That was some kind of stupid to steal it, sell it for nothing and melt it down.
Last week we found Keith Richards 4,000 year old lunch box. Now this.
“Glad to be here, glad to be anywhere.” — Keith Richards
The bracelet would be more valuable then the gold crooks aren’t smart just slick at their work.
Copper: You’ll never take me alive, drug addict!
I guess the bright side is, no more brainless repatriation. There was at least one good reason before this:
$4000 is a lot of money in Egypt
if they didn’t get caught the thief would be happy
their GDP per capita is about 1/4 of the US
He’ll be sorry when some guy wrapped in bandages comes knocking at his door.
Even cheaper solution:
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“Plastics.” — Mr. McGuire
Nah. Bubba Ho-Tep-Elvis was done much, much better in his musical “Jacob and His Coat of Many Colors”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB4EAU8pows
Maybe so?
It seems like only western civilization is interested in preserving the past.
2013 a construction company destroys an entire Mayan pyramid for road fill.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/world/americas/belize-mayan-pyramid-destroyed
And THAT kids is why we do not take archeological treasures safe in western Museums and send them back to third world countries.
This is Egypt. Therefore the perps can be melted down.
Time will come when all those treasured artifacts will become virtually worthless anyway.
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