A rare gold bracelet belonging to Pharaoh Amenemope has mysteriously disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir Square...

A rare gold bracelet belonging to Pharaoh Amenemope has mysteriously disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, and is suspected to have been stolen. The missing artefact, initially reported by local media and some Egyptologists as belonging to Pharaoh Psusennes I, was discovered missing from the museum’s restoration department last Wednesday during a routine inventory of artefacts for the Treasures of the Pharaohs exhibition in Rome set to open at the Scuderie del Quirinale from October 24, 2025, to May 3, 2026. Local media reported that the restoration lab lacked internal surveillance cameras, complicating efforts to trace the bracelet’s whereabouts. Investigators have detained staff linked to the lab for questioning, seized their mobile phones and are reviewing external CCTV footage to uncover details of the suspected theft. The incident has raised concern among Egyptologists, with some questioning the merits of displaying Egyptian artefacts abroad due to the transportation process, which causes damage and losses of antiquities. https://lnkd.in/dVggsrgC