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Ancient Egyptian Relief Disappears from Saqqara Necropolis

10/09/2025

A rare 4,000-year-old limestone relief depicting the seasons of the ancient Egyptian calendar is missing from Egypt’s famed necropolis Saqqara. The theft was reported in a statement by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Sunday. A British mission had …

Метки : саккаракражаархеологиядревний египетрельефискусство

Thief Steals $700,000 in Gold from Paris Museum

09/17/2025

The National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France, was broken into early Tuesday morning and several specimens worth €600,000 ($711,000) were stolen, France24 reported. The museum is known for its dinosaur skeletons and taxidermy, as well as its geology …

Метки : музейкражазолотопарижпреступлениенаследие

Tourist Damaged 17th-Century Portrait at Florence's Uffizi Galleries

06/23/2025

A 17th-century portrait of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici was damaged when a tourist tried to take a picture with the work for social media on Saturday at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy. On a visit to the museum, …

Метки : искусствомузейфлоренциямедичиинциденткража

Two Men Sentenced for Stealing Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet

06/14/2025

A judge sentenced two men who stole Maurizio Cattelan‘s 18-carat gold toilet during a 2019 raid at England’s Blenheim Palace, according to a release from Crown Prosecution Service. The 227-pound toilet, titled “America” (2016), was dismantled in a five-minute raid …

Метки : кражаискусствотуалетзолотобленхеймский дворецпреступление

FBI Recovers Two Paintings Stolen From University of New Mexico Museum Forty Years Ago

06/12/2025

FBI Recovers Two Paintings Stolen From University of New Mexico Museum Forty Years Ago The University of New Mexico’sHarwood Museum of Artin Taos, New Mexico, on June 6 unveiled to the public two canvases returned to the institution by the …

Метки : искусствокражафбрмузейвосстановлениекультурное наследие

FBI Recovers Paintings Missing for 40 Years from New Mexico Art Museum

06/10/2025

The FBI recently recovered two paintings stolen four decades ago from the University of New Mexico’s Harwood Museum of Art in Taos. Victor Higgins’s oil painting Aspens (c. 1932) and Joseph Henry Sharp’s portrait Oklahoma Cheyenne aka Indian Boy in …

Метки : фбрискусствовосстановлениемузейкартиныкража

Businessman Given 21-Month Sentence for Role in Gold Toilet Theft

05/19/2025

A judge at Oxford crown court in the UK has handed a businessman a 21-month suspended sentence for his role in the theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s $6-million golden toilet.Frederick Doe, who was photographed celebrating outside the court with his father …

Метки : кражазолотой унитазискусствоограблениесудпреступление

New Arrests in Drents Museum Heist But Ancient Artifacts Still Missing

04/24/2025

Dutch police recently arrested two more suspects in connection with the theft of Romanian artifacts from the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands earlier this year in January. “These suspects are a 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old man, both from …

Метки : искусствокражаартефактынидерландырасследованиемузей

Three Men Convicted for Stealing Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet

03/18/2025

Three men have been convicted for stealing and selling Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet from Blenheim Palace in England in 2019, according to a press release from Crown Prosecution Service today. The working 227 pound, 18-karat gold toilet titled America (2016) …

Метки : кражаискусствоуголовное правомаурицио каттеланслухипреступность

Three Men Charged with Stealing Maurizio Cattelan's Golden Toilet

02/25/2025

Three men have been charged with stealing a golden throne by Maurizio Cattelan from Blenheim Palace in England in 2019, a prosecuting lawyer said earlier this week. One man involved with the crime had previously pleaded guilty to burglary. The …

Метки : искусствокражаmaurizio cattelanblenheim palaceтуалеткриминал

Three Suspects Of Multi-State Art Heist Found Guilty

02/11/2025

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania recently announced the conviction of three members of a multi-heist art theft ring that stole sports memorabilia, art, and other valuable items from 20 museums and stores over the …

Метки : искусствокражапреступлениесудпенсильванияпамятные вещи

Three Suspects Arrested After Theft of Ancient Romanian Artifacts

01/30/2025

On Wednesday afternoon, the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, announced the arrest of three suspects in North Holland after the theft of four gold artifacts that were on loan from the National History Museum of Romania. The four items …

Метки : стыдмузейкражаартефактырумыниянидерланды

Priceless 2,500-Year-Old Romanian Artifacts Stolen, Dutch Museum Heist

01/28/2025

A collection of artifacts from Romania were stolen in a heist at the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands on Saturday. At roughly 3:45 in the morning, three hooded figures broke into the Dutch museum using explosives to open a …

Метки : кражарумынские артефактымузей дрентснидерландыпреступлениекультурное наследие

Russian Officials Who Looted Southern Ukrainian Museums Identified

01/25/2025

A Russian military officer and three Russian-appointed officials from occupied Crimea illegally removed more than 33,000 historical artifacts and artworks from two museums in the Ukrainian city Kherson in the fall of 2022, the Kyiv Independent reported Thursday, calling it …

Метки : украинакрыммузейкражаискусстворасследование