Once upon a time, within a rock throw of the Step Pyramid od Djoser, a friend’s wife looking at the sandy earth said,”Oh look!” There facing us was a perfectly preserved woman’s necklace of faiance, coral, turquoise, and jet. The thread or sinew holding the necklace together was long gone, and incredibly the gem had simply been undisturbed for, perhaps, 4,500 years. The necklace was carefully dug out and the placement of all its pieces noted. I wonder to this day what happened to it and hope that a lovely necklace encircles a lovely neck somewhere outside the Egyptian Museum.
Oh yes.
Some times it pays to be a tourist!