Egypt says 3,000-year-old gold bracelet missing from museum

A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet has gone missing from a restoration laboratory of Cairo’s Egyptian Museum, the country’s antiquities ministry said.

The bracelet, described as a golden band adorned with “spherical lapis lazuli beads,” dates to the reign of Amenemope, a pharaoh of Egypt’s 21st Dynasty (1070–945 BC).

The ministry, in its statement issued late Tuesday, did not specify when the piece was last seen.

Egyptian media outlets said the loss was detected in recent days during an inventory check ahead of the “Treasures of the Pharaohs” exhibition scheduled in Rome at the end of October.

Cairo, Egypt: A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet of Pharaoh Amenemope has vanished from a restoration lab at the Egyptian Museum. An internal probe is underway and antiquities units at airports, seaports, and border crossings have been alerted to prevent smuggling. (CBS) pic.twitter.com/zaBQEs72fb

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