Pharaoh

Egyptian authorities have confirmed the arrest of a museum employee and three alleged accomplices after a priceless 3,000-year-old bracelet was stolen from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum, sold for less than $4,000, and then melted down beyond recovery.

The artifact, a gold band inlaid with lapis lazuli beads, dated back to the reign of Pharaoh Amenemope of the 21st Dynasty (1070–945 BC) and had been kept inside a locked safe in the museum’s conservation laboratory.

According to the Interior Ministry, the theft occurred on September 9 when a restoration specialist on duty removed the piece, later working with a silver trader in …