TL;DR It was stolen by a museum worker who sold it to a random jeweler for $3,000. Literally less than what it was worth in gold alone. Whole thing was recorded on CCTV, no conspiracy here.
Actually_a_dolphin on
Are the British at it again?
IwillregretthiswontI on
He will be haunted by the pharaohs mummy from now on
Imsurethatsbullshit on
I was there in 2012, the metal detectors that scanned your backpacks upon entry didn’t work, they were not even plugged in. But of course somebody would sit there stare at a black screen and nod. Throughout the museum there were cameras that were not plugged in, wooden showcases with scarabs that were not locked and the museum store would sell nearly identical copies as souvenirs, could have just gone back and taken the legit ones and left the souvenirs.. im surprised they have legit stuff left
Background-Subject28 on
melting it made it lose 100x + its value, how sad.
Neb-Maat on
Godess Ma’at highly displeased with this guy. His heart will weight about a ton comes the weighting and Ammu will devour his soul.
It was stolen from the Cairo museum and the highlighted responses seem to be that they believe they need to stop overseas exhibits and call for return of artifacts overseas?
I’m all for national control over what they do with their heritage items, but I’m confused by the rationale connecting the action to the response.
Wizards96 on
This is the kind of behavior western museums point to when indigenous museums ask for their stolen items back.
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TL;DR It was stolen by a museum worker who sold it to a random jeweler for $3,000. Literally less than what it was worth in gold alone. Whole thing was recorded on CCTV, no conspiracy here.
Are the British at it again?
He will be haunted by the pharaohs mummy from now on
I was there in 2012, the metal detectors that scanned your backpacks upon entry didn’t work, they were not even plugged in. But of course somebody would sit there stare at a black screen and nod. Throughout the museum there were cameras that were not plugged in, wooden showcases with scarabs that were not locked and the museum store would sell nearly identical copies as souvenirs, could have just gone back and taken the legit ones and left the souvenirs.. im surprised they have legit stuff left
melting it made it lose 100x + its value, how sad.
Godess Ma’at highly displeased with this guy. His heart will weight about a ton comes the weighting and Ammu will devour his soul.
Wait, so literally the plot of [that one Lee Ross song?](https://youtu.be/n6Nxe8pyE4k?si=R8Qtz6flqy69TCkV)
not like the pharaoh is going to miss it.
Anger from this nobody in Australia too!
It was stolen from the Cairo museum and the highlighted responses seem to be that they believe they need to stop overseas exhibits and call for return of artifacts overseas?
I’m all for national control over what they do with their heritage items, but I’m confused by the rationale connecting the action to the response.
This is the kind of behavior western museums point to when indigenous museums ask for their stolen items back.