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2024-09-21 02:03:13 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BCB6F0F89DEE52ED604C72EF383C7744550C69F32DD70AAB1B3ADEE99E261218
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NNN - the British occupied Egypt at the time, and the ring was purchased from an antiquities dealer, which at the time was likely to either be a member of the British Empire or an Egyptian in desperate need of money due to Britain's colonization & wealth extraction. https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2017/2017.05.15/ https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/23/world/loot-along-antiquities-trail-illicit-journey-egypt-only-few-questions-asked.html
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