US EditionEgypt Says 3,000-Year-Old Bracelet Was Stolen and Melted Down
A restoration specialist stole the 3,000-year-old gold bracelet adorned with lapis lazuli beads and sold it to a gold smelter who melted it down, officials said.
- A rare 3,000-year-old gold bracelet adorned with lapis lazuli beads, dating back to an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, was stolen from the Egyptian Museum's restoration laboratory and melted down.
- The bracelet's disappearance was detected as museum staff prepared artifacts for an upcoming exhibition, and the case has been referred to law enforcement.
- Images of the stolen bracelet have been circulated at borders to prevent smuggling, and a committee will review all items in the restoration lab.
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3000 years old, decorated with a pearl from Lapislazuli and once owned by Pharaoh Amenemope, who ruled ancient Egypt around 990 B.C. But now the jewel from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo has disappeared without a trace ... The bracelet was last found in the workshop for restorations, according to the Antiquity Ministry. All airports and seaports as well as customs authorities in the country had received photos to prevent possible smuggling abroad.…
Egypt says pharaoh's missing bracelet melted down for gold by thieves
CAIRO — A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that disappeared from an Egyptian museum earlier this month was stolen and melted down, the country's interior ministry said on Thursday. The Antiquities and Tourism Ministry had earlier reported the loss of the bracelet, which belonged to King Amenemope of the Third Intermediate Period, who ruled Egypt around 1,000 BC. The piece, decorated with spherical lapis lazuli beads, vanished from a safe in a conser…
A 3000-year-old bracelet has disappeared without a trace from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It is said to have been the favorite piece of the Pharaoh Amenemope.
A gold and lapis lazuli bracelet of about 3,000 years old has disappeared from a restoration laboratory at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, as reported by the Egyptian authorities, which have not specified since when the whereabouts of this jewel dated to the reign of Amenemope , pharaoh of Dynasty XXI (1070-945 BC) during the Third Intermediate Period are unknown.The Egyptian media reported that the loss was detected in the last days during an inv…
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