Interesting to hear about these ancient thefts. It makes you wonder what happened to all this treasure from antiquity. Did the gold all get lost over the centu

Interesting to hear about these ancient thefts. It makes you wonder what happened to all this treasure from antiquity. Did the gold all get lost over the centuries, or has it been repeatedly melted down and recycled such that lots of ingots in bank vaults and random pieces of jewellery contain Pharaonic gold?