Thieves steal Bronze Age artifacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist
The Treasure of Villena is a unique trove of almost ten kilos of gold, bowls, bottles and bracelets dating back to the Bronze Age.
Thieves have stolen jewelry and artifacts from a significant Bronze Age gold collection at a museum in Alicante, Spain. The Treasure of Villena comprises almost ten kilos of gold, bowls, bottles, and bracelets from around 1,000 BC. Police are evaluating the exact number of items taken in the early hours of Thursday. The museum informed the BBC that rings, bowls, and bracelets were among the stolen items.
This incident follows recent high-profile museum robberies, including a daylight theft at the Louvre in Paris last year and the recent recovery of valuable Renaissance paintings from a museum in Sicily. The mayor of Villena expressed devastation over the loss of the town's heritage and wealth.
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