Search for an ancient Egyptian gold bracelet is missing from the museum

Authorities in Egypt have been looking for a bracelet for 3000 years, which reports missing from a leading museum in Cairo.

The rare gold group, decorated with spherical lazuli beads, dates back to the reign of King Amenemop, Pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, ruled from 993 to 984BC.

The Ministry of Antiques said it had taken immediate action after the bracelet disappeared from the Laboratory for the restoration of the Egyptian Museum and that the case was taken to police.

The bracelet image is spread to all Egyptian airports, seaports and land border crossings as a “protective step to prevent smuggling attempts,” the ministry added.

A specialized committee has been formed to implement all the artifacts stored in the restoration laboratory.

The ministry said it intentionally delayed the announcement of the disappearance of the bracelet “to provide an appropriate environment for the progress of investigations,” but did not mention when the jewelry was last seen.

The Egyptian newspaper al-Mistary al-Yaum has announced that the disappearance has been discovered in recent days, as the museum staff are preparing to send dozens of artifacts to Rome for an exhibition that is to be opened next month.

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is the oldest archeological museum in the Middle East. It houses more than 170,000 artifacts, including Amenemope’s gilded wooden funeral mask.

The disappearance of the bracelet comes six weeks before the opening of the great Egyptian museum in the nearby Giza, where the world -famous treasures of the tomb of King Tutankhamun have been transferred and will be exposed.