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Ancient Gold Bracelet Stolen and Destroyed in CairoA 3,000-year-old bracelet linked to Pharaoh Amenemope was taken from Cairo's museum and melted for roughly $4,000.
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- A museum employee and three others were arrested for stealing a priceless gold bracelet.
- The bracelet dated back to Egypt’s 21st Dynasty under Pharaoh Amenemope.
- It disappeared from a locked safe weeks before an exhibition in Italy.
- The artifact was sold and then melted down along with scrap gold.
It's not the most beautiful, but scientifically it's one of the most interesting objects.— Jean Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, an Egyptologist describing the significance of the stolen bracelet.
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