A global search is on for a 3,000-year-old bracelet belonging to a pharaoh that went missing from a top museum in Cairo, Egypt .

The precious gold band, featuring spherical lapis lazuli beads, dates back to the reign of King Amenemope , an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from 993 to 984 BC, according to the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry.

The case has been referred to the police, the ministry said in a statement posted on Facebook .

The ministry said the bracelet went missing from the restoration laboratory at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.

An image of the missing bracelet has also been circulated to antiquities units across all Egyptian airports, seaports and land border crossings to reduce the risk of smuggling attempts, the statement said.

The bead on the bracelet is known

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