Ancient Gold Treasures Stolen From Spanish Museum in "Super-Fast" Raid
- On Thursday, thieves raided a museum in Alicante housing one of Europe's greatest bronze age gold collections, escaping in an operation officials described as "super-fast and super-professional."
- Archaeologist Jose Mar discovered the collection in 1963 in a dried riverbed in Villena, with pieces dating back about 1,000 BC; the 50-plus objects include 29 bracelets, 11 bowls, and three bottles.
- The alarm sounded around 5:20 am, and thieves had fled by 5:24 am; a spokesman insisted "all security systems were activated" with "no failure" despite investigating a possible diversion at the sports centre.
- Across Europe, a series of brazen thefts includes four works "of extraordinary value" stolen from a Sicily museum; last October, thieves took $102 million in jewelry from the Louvre in Paris in under eight minutes.
- Police are conducting an inventory to determine exactly how many of the 50-plus items were taken, with authorities assessing the full extent of loss from the collection as the investigation continues.
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The so-called "Tesoro de Villena", one of the most important gulf treasures of the Bronze Age, was stolen from the Museo de Villena (MUVI) in the southern Spanish Mediterranean province of Alicante on Thursday. According to the first findings of the police, the perpetrators penetrated the museum in the early morning hours around 5 o'clock through a violently opened window and targeted the historical finds.59 archaeological objectsThe "Schatz von…
The Villena Treasure, a collection of gold artifacts considered one of the most precious treasures of the Bronze Age in Europe, was stolen on Thursday from a museum in southeastern Spain, according to the City of Villena, transmits AFP, according to Agerpres. "At around 05:20, the alarm was triggered at the Villena Museum, and "until 5:24 pm, ...
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