Isn’t this exactly how you get an ancient Egyptian curse? A 3,000-year-old Pharaoh’s bracelet has been stolen from a museum and melted down for gold.

Pharaoh Amenemope’s lapis lazuli bead jewellery was snatched from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum on September 9, before being sold for the equivalent of roughly £2,819.

A restoration specialist from the museum is said to have taken the artefact, which then passed through a chain of dealers before being melted down.

Four suspects have been arrested, including the restoration specialist, while prosecutors continue to investigate. Monica Hanna, a prominent Egyptian archaeologist, called for ‘better control’ of artefact security, after it emerged there were no security cameras in the lab where it was stolen.

Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif F

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