2 days ago · On 25 January 2025, thieves broke into the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, with explosives and stole golden artifacts in a total value of around €6 million. [1] These, which include the Helmet of Coțofenești, with an estimated value of €4.3 million, [1] are irreplaceable archaeological treasures that represent the Dacian civilization, which thrived in present-day Romania before ...

5 days ago · Romanian officials and cultural figures have reacted with anger and sadness following the theft of priceless artifacts from the Drents Museum in Assen. The stolen items include the golden Cotofenesti helmet and three gold …

5 days ago · Police received a report at 3:45 a.m. local time Saturday about an explosion at the Drents Museum in Assen. Upon arrival, officers found the museum damaged and the gold masterpieces gone.

5 days ago · On the night of 24-25 January 2025, several archaeological pieces were stolen from the Drents Museum. These were masterpieces from the exhibition Dacia - Empire of Gold and Silver, including the Coțofenești helmet (c.450 BC) from the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest.Around 03:45 am, police received a report of an explosion.

3 days ago · “This is a dark day for the Drents Museum in Assen and the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest. We are intensely shocked by the events last night,” said the Drents Muesum’s ...

3 days ago · Romania’s government is furious after national treasures on loan to a Dutch museum were stolen in a brazen theft over the weekend. A group of thieves used explosives to break into the Drents Museum in Assen in the early hours of Saturday morning and stole four ancient Romanian artefacts, including the Helmet of Cotofenesti, an almost 2,500-year-old gold helmet, which were on loan from the ...

4 days ago · General director of the Drents Museum, Harry Tupan, said, “This is a dark day for the Drents Museum in Assen and the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest. We are intensely shocked by ...

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5 days ago · Four ancient gold artefacts were stolen from a Dutch museum in an overnight raid in the early hours of Saturday morning. Thieves used explosives to blast their way into the Drents Museum in Assen ...

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