Egypt says a 3000 -year -old bracelet was stolen and melted

The Ministry of the Interior in Egypt says that a 3000 -year -old gold bracelet has disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo that was stolen and melted.

An ear restoration specialist – whose history dates back to the reign of King Aseenoub, a Pharaoh who ruled Egypt about 1000BC – took from Amna in the museum nine days ago, according to the ministry.

She said that the woman contacted a silver jeweler she knew, which sold the bracelet to a golden jeweler for $ 3735 (2750 pounds). Then he sold it for 4,025 dollars for a golden mneal worker, who had melted with other jewelry, as he added.

The ministry said that the four individuals confessed to their crimes after their arrest and that the money had been seized.

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Egypt announced that it had taken immediate measures after the bracelet disappeared from the Egyptian Museum’s restoration laboratory, and that the case had been referred to the police.

She said that a picture of the golden band decorated with spherical beads has been circulated to all Egyptian airports, sea ports and wild border crossings as a preventive measure to prevent them from getting rid of the country.

The local media reported that the disappearance was discovered in recent days, as the museum staff were preparing to charge dozens of handicrafts to Rome in an exhibition.

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East. It includes more than 170,000 artifacts, including the gynecologist.

The stealing of the bracelet came weeks before the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in the nearby Giza, where the treasures of the tomb of King Totkhhamon were transferred.