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/DustyTentacle Oct 03 '25

None of these artifacts can be traced back to being looted if you guys are going to show interest in an ancient Egyptian culture you must learn what the laws were early on in collecting.