{"id":51755,"date":"2025-01-27T21:21:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/art-thieves-blew-up-a-dutch-museums-door-to-steal-an-ancient-golden-helmet-from-romania\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T21:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:21:33","slug":"art-thieves-blew-up-a-dutch-museums-door-to-steal-an-ancient-golden-helmet-from-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=51755","title":{"rendered":"Art Thieves Blew Up a Dutch Museum’s Door to Steal an Ancient Golden Helmet From Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The golden helmet of Co\u021bofene\u0219ti at the Drents Museum
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In the dead of the night, three hooded thieves appeared outside the\u00a0Drents Museum<\/a> in Assen, a city in the northeastern Netherlands. Security camera footage shows them carrying a duffle bag, a crowbar and flashlights. Suddenly, a white flash obscures the image. Sparks and smoke scatter across the scene.<\/p>\n

With the aid of explosives, the thieves blasted their way into the museum\u2019s renowned galleries full of antiquities and art\u2014from the world\u2019s\u00a0oldest known boat<\/a> to an early Vincent van Gogh painting<\/a> depicting a Dutch peasant burning weeds in the twilight.<\/p>\n

But as the sun rose on Assen and the authorities assessed the damage, it became clear that the thieves were after objects from the \u201cDacia: Empire of Gold and Silver<\/a>\u201d exhibition, a collection of archaeological treasures from museums across Romania that was supposed to close on January 26\u2014the day after the robbery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a dark day,\u201d\u00a0Harry Tupan<\/a>, the general director of the Drents Museum, says in a\u00a0statement<\/a>. \u201cWe are intensely shocked by the events last night at the museum. In its 170-year existence, there has never been such a major incident. It also gives us enormous sadness towards our colleagues in Romania.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four golden objects are missing from the museum, including three royal bracelets and the resplendent\u00a0helmet of Co\u021bofene\u0219ti<\/a>, which was on loan from the\u00a0National History Museum of Romania<\/a> in Bucharest.<\/p>\n

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Beelden van verdachten explosie en inbraak in Drents Museum in Assen<\/p>\n

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