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I wondered too if she lost it. We will never know but I pictured a martial spat and throwing the ring.

Funny. What if she lost it wandering around the country and remained there for almost 700 years.

Read the article and your suspicions will be assuaged, my good fellow.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Those dudes looking at the rings give me strong LOTR villain vibes.

I can't give an answer but I think this would be very early in recorded history. Written Greek & Roman history, I think, will be full of them. They must surely predate Greece & Rome.

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That looks like a crown of thorns and with that inscription "ieo vos tien foi tenes le moy" — or "I hold your faith, hold mine" I think that it is intended to be

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I'm very suspicious of this, especially the suggestion that it is from 1388, which might make it the oldest diamond wedding band ever, as some sources suggest diamond wedding bands began being made in the early 1400s. (and that it is being evaluated by an auction house and not an archaeologist. Also, that it was found in Britain and is being auctioned and not being preserved, as you have to report all finds there and presumably a museum would be interested in the oldest known diamond wedding band.)

Auction listing has the pictures that should have been in the article. It's actually really cool looking!

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I assume they meant "[Oh, to have] half his luck" or some such.

It's not that hard to get from context, the poster is wishing they had half the luck of the guy who stumbled across a valuable find.

'Half his luck' hurt my brain to read

Did Rome Trade frequently with the Sasanian, and Parthian Empires? If so how did they manage to keep the secret of Steel weaponry i.e. Bows, Swords etc?

I know Egypt had Steel cutlery like knives etc but why did Rome never adapt to its' military? Especially after an entire legion was wiped out?

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I don't know what this means nor do I know why people are down voting it

Thousands medieval muds found in the gold is worth weddings

What is the earliest known instance of what we today would consider a conspiracy theory?

Is there any validity to the theory that ancient Carthage sailed to South America?

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