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Re:Study sheds new light on Tutankhamun’s mysterious dagger ... by twic on Saturday March 12, 2022 @07:31PM (#30656610)
This is a good bit more recent, but perhaps even wilder, given that the owner was not a king, and the object was stolen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Silvianus

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Re:Study sheds new light on Tutankhamun’s mysterious dagger ... by IAmYourDensity on Saturday March 12, 2022 @09:42PM (#30657361)
> Wheeler called upon J.R.R. Tolkien, as Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, to investigate the etymology of the name "Nodens" referred to in the curse.

Whaat..?!

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Re:Study sheds new light on Tutankhamun’s mysterious dagger ... by exdsq on Saturday March 12, 2022 @10:24PM (#30657608)
You might like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inklings
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Re:Study sheds new light on Tutankhamun’s mysterious dagger ... by wolverine876 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @03:52AM (#30658967)
What is your question? Separately from the public career of writer, Tolkien was a leading scholar of the Anglo-Saxon language (also called Old English).
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Re:Study sheds new light on Tutankhamun’s mysterious dagger ... by joebergeron on Sunday March 13, 2022 @04:50AM (#30659334)
The author of the parent post is expressing an emotion commonly referred to as “surprise”.
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