While preparing ancient artifacts for an exhibit in Italy, officials at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo made a horrifying discovery. To the outrage of many Egyptians, it was later determined that the bracelet had been stolen, sold, and melted down. News of the bracelet’s theft and destruction was met with outrage in Egypt, where there’s great national pride in ancient Egyptian history. While some stolen artifacts, like erotic Pompeii mosaics and even Theodore Roosevelt’s pocket watch, were recovered decades after they were stolen, the pharaoh’s golden bracelet is tragically gone for good. After reading about the stolen 3,000-year-old pharaoh’s bracelet that was sold and melted down, discover the stories of some of the most unbelievable heists in history.