(NewsNation) — Egyptian authorities are on the case after a rare gold bracelet belonging to 21st Dynasty Pharaoh Amenemope went missing from a museum in Cairo.

According to Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the 3,000-year-old bracelet was being restored in a lab at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo when it went missing. It was among a collection of artifacts headed to a museum in Rome for an exhibition that's set to start in October.

The ministry told the BBC they sent out a picture of the bracelet to airports, seaports and land border crossings across Egypt to help prevent it from being smuggled out of the country. It has a lapis lazuli bead on it, which is said to have been highly prized in ancient Egypt for its association with the gods and healing powers.

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