A 3,000-Year-Old Pharaoh's Bracelet Has Missed from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (3 photos)
Egyptian authorities have launched a nationwide search for a 3,000-year-old bracelet that disappeared without a trace from the Cairo National Museum during restoration. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the gold artifact belonged to the Pharaoh Amenemopet. 
"The ministry has referred the case to the prosecutor's office and created a commission to inventory all the items in the laboratory," the agency reported.
A photograph of the piece was distributed to airports, seaports, and border ports throughout Egypt to prevent its smuggling out of the country.
The piece is made of gold and adorned with a lapis lazuli bead—a once-rare, deep-blue gemstone often flecked with gold. 
The bracelet was a favorite piece of jewelry of Amenemopet, a pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty. He ruled Egypt from 993 to 984 BC. His tomb was discovered by French Egyptologists Pierre Montet and Georges Goyon in April 1940. 
