ItalyTwo recent thefts have targeted significant cultural artifacts, marking a difficult summer for artistic heritage. The first occurred at the Archaeological Museum of Villena, where thieves stole a major Bronze Age jewelry collection valued at around 10 kilograms, including gold, silver, iron, and amber. This treasure was discovered in 1963 by archaeologist Jose Maria Soler and dates back to approximately 1000 BCE. Shortly after, at the MAK Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, two thieves entered as regular visitors and used a hammer to break into a display case to steal a necklace once owned by Queen Nazli of Egypt. The necklace, made of over 200 carats of diamonds and crafted in 1939 by Van Cleef & Arpels, has an estimated value of 3.7 million euros. These thefts follow earlier incidents, such as the loss of six paintings by Antonello da Messina in August, which included three surviving panels from the Polittico di San Gregorio. In some cases, security systems were either disabled or ignored, similar to past thefts like the 2003 robbery at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
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