Read more about the article Looted 7th Century BC Artefact Returned To Iraq After Adorning US Museum For 17 Years
Photo shows an artifact that is believed to have been stolen during the pillaging of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in 2003 and returned to Iraq by FBI, undated. Archaeologists believe the artifact, which stands only 2 1/4 inches tall and 1 1/2 inches wide, dates back 2,700 years. (FBI/Newsflash)
Archaeology

Looted 7th Century BC Artefact Returned To Iraq After Adorning US Museum For 17 Years

US authorities have repatriated a 2,700-year-old artefact stolen from a museum in Iraq 20 years ago. Photo shows an artifact that is believed to have been stolen during the pillaging of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in 2003 and returned to Iraq by FBI, undated. Archaeologists believe the artifact, which…

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March 18, 2023
Read more about the article GREEN VAULT HEIST: Museum Conned Out Of EUR 40,000 By Dutch Fraudster
A sword stolen from the historic Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, in November 2019. (Police Saxony/Newsflash)
General News

GREEN VAULT HEIST: Museum Conned Out Of EUR 40,000 By Dutch Fraudster

Museum chiefs trying to recover a EUR-110-million haul stolen in a heist were conned into handing a fortune in cash to a fraudster, prosecutors in Germany have revealed. A sword stolen from the historic Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, in November 2019. (Police Saxony/Newsflash) The collection of fabulous gems dating…

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February 2, 2023
Read more about the article SINKING FEELING: Ukrainian Museum Exhibit Allows Visitors To Sink Russian Warship Destroyed During Fighting
Photo shows Moskva moored in Sevastopol Bay in 2012. Moskva is the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class of guided missile cruisers in the Russian Navy. (CEN)
General News / Ukraine

SINKING FEELING: Ukrainian Museum Exhibit Allows Visitors To Sink Russian Warship Destroyed During Fighting

These images show how a museum in Ukraine is allowing its visitors to sink a model of the Russian warship 'Moskva'. The footage, filmed at the Lviv Museum of Science in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, shows how visitors can repeatedly sink the model of the Moskva, the former…

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January 24, 2023
Read more about the article HEIST HEARTBREAK: Brutal Raid Destroyed Treasures In Massive Museum Heist Causing Damage Totalling GBP 22 Million
Image shows some of the defendants of the Remmo clan in undated photo. They were offered a punishment reduction if they make a confession over the EUR 113 million (GBP 100 million) jewels stolen three years ago from the Green Vault museum in Dresden, Saxony State, Germany. (Newsflash)
Crime

HEIST HEARTBREAK: Brutal Raid Destroyed Treasures In Massive Museum Heist Causing Damage Totalling GBP 22 Million

A brutal raid to stage one of the most valuable jewellery heists in history left some of the treasures shattered and broken with GBP 22 million in damage caused, a court has heard. Image shows some of the defendants of the Remmo clan in undated photo. They were offered a…

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January 11, 2023
Read more about the article GOLD RUSH: Historic EUR 3 Million Haul Of Ancient Gold Coins Stolen From Museum
Image shows the golden coins that were stolen, undated photo. They disappeared over night from the Celtic and Roman Museum in the municipality of Munching, in Bavaria, Germany on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (Newsflash)
Crime / History

GOLD RUSH: Historic EUR 3 Million Haul Of Ancient Gold Coins Stolen From Museum

A huge collection of nearly 500 ancient Roman and Celtic gold coins worth up to EUR 3 million have been stolen in a raid on a museum in Germany. Image shows the golden coins that were stolen, undated photo. They disappeared over night from the Celtic and Roman Museum in…

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November 23, 2022