3,000-year-old gold bracelet missing from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry has launched an investigation after a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet vanished from the restoration laboratory of Cairo’s Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. The missing artefact, described as a golden band inlaid with spherical lapis lazuli beads, dates back to the reign of Pharaoh Amenemope of the 21st Dynasty (1070–945 BC). The ministry confirmed the disappearance in a statement late Tuesday but did not specify when the piece was last seen. Egyptian media reported that the loss was detected only in recent days during an inventory check, though this has not been independently verified. Authorities have launched an internal probe and placed all airports, seaports, and land border crossings on alert in case of an attempted smuggling. A full inventory of the lab’s contents is currently underway. The Egyptian Museum, home to over 170,000 artefacts, is internationally renowned for […]