From the Treasure of Villena to the French Crown Jewels: The lucrative business of stealing pieces of history
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How 90 seconds were enough to avoid the 'weak' security system of the Villena Museum and to subtract one of the greatest treasures of the Bronze Age valued at 1.7 million euros. More information: Villena creates a commission of inquiry after the theft of the Treasury to analyze the security failures of the museum
From the Treasure of Villena to the French Crown Jewels: The lucrative business of stealing pieces of history
The spectacular rise in the price of gold over the past nine years has triggered a wave of increasingly violent heists at European museums, which are struggling to protect themselves
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The theft of the Treasure of Villena has dealt a severe blow to the historical heritage of the province of Alicante. In the early hours of August 27, a group of hooded people accessed the premises of the municipal museum and, in just four minutes, fled with a collection of gold more than 3,000 years old. The pieces, key to understanding the goldsmithy of the Bronze Age in Europe, are now facing their greatest threat: the main hypothesis is that …
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