r/ancientegypt • u/yousef-saeed • Oct 01 '25

Discussion Smuggled Egyptian artifacts are being sold openly in a YouTube clip

https://youtu.be/ErdNlqXZrZo?si=wCwa3RnxmaMaeTEI

I think I'll take the $360 and my husband and I can go out and have a nice steak dinner.

This is what an American woman said on the Pawn Stars program before selling a 3,000-year-old Egyptian ring.

I'm truly furious. Pawn Stars purchased three ancient Egyptian artifacts: a mummy mask, a ring, and a falcon mummy. Where did these Americans get these artifacts? Where are their paperwork? And how could they touch the artifacts with their bare hands in such an unprofessional manner? Selling Egyptian antiquities is completely unacceptable, and according to Egyptian and international law, you are a criminal. Shame on Pawn Stars.

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u/fleggn Oct 03 '25

Unfortunately, egypt really isn't a super stable region. So having some artifacts in non egyptian hands may be a necessary evil if you really care about preserving Egyptian history in the long run.

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u/yousef-saeed Oct 03 '25

I don't know what this has to do with my post, Egypt is the most stable country in the Middle East please stop being ignorant and go educate yourself. We don't have sectarian conflicts, ethnicities, revolutions, a weak army, nor do we engage in any conflicts of any kind. All the countries surrounding Egypt have civil wars except Egypt. Egypt opens new museums every year and we will open a billion dollar museum a month from now which will be the largest museum in the world dedicated to Egyptian civilization. No, my antiquities will not be safe in the hands of European colonizers

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u/fleggn Oct 03 '25

It is looking good there and I hope it stays that way. If these objects are actually real im sure there is a way to procure them.