 It's not surprising, given the amount of gold thought to have been buried in Egyptian tombs like the riches found in Tutankhamun's in the 1920s that gold and jewelry is a good buy in modern Egypt.
There is a lot of Egyptian gold jewelry sold every year.
mnli hypothesis: There is a lot of Egyptian gold jewelry sold every year. premise:  It's not surprising, given the amount of gold thought to have been buried in Egyptian tombs like the riches found in Tutankhamun's in the 1920s that gold and jewelry is a good buy in modern Egypt.