{"id":3558,"date":"2026-04-02T13:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3558"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:08:11","slug":"2500-year-old-golden-helmet-found-over-a-year-after-it-was-stolen-from-dutch-museum-art-detective-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3558","title":{"rendered":"2,500-year-old golden helmet found over a year after it was stolen from Dutch museum, art detective says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A priceless gold 2,500-year-old helmet from Romania that was stolen last year in the Netherlands has been recovered, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand told AFP on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s amazing. It&#8217;s the best news we could have got,&#8221; said Brand, confirming that the lost Helmet of Cotofenesti had been found.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors are expected to make an official announcement later on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A gang of <span class=\"link\">robbers used firework bombs<\/span> to break into the Drents Museum in the northern Netherlands in January 2025, and smashed display cases once inside.<\/p>\n<p>They made off with the 5th-century BC golden Helmet of Cotofenesti and three gold bracelets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/25\/37d07c5f-0533-4ead-9407-92a81ee687b2\/thumbnail\/620x487\/e4f43000e18cbc6a025d48aefd045cff\/screenshot-2025-01-25-at-2-03-08-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-01-25-at-2-03-08-pm.png \" height=\"487\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/25\/37d07c5f-0533-4ead-9407-92a81ee687b2\/thumbnail\/620x487\/e4f43000e18cbc6a025d48aefd045cff\/screenshot-2025-01-25-at-2-03-08-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A gold Co\u021bofene\u0219ti helmet from around 450 BC was stolen from a Dutch museum, officials said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Dutch Police<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The theft and the search for the booty regularly makes headline news in the Netherlands and sparked outrage in Romania, where the items are considered national treasures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a dark day,&#8221; Harry Tupan, general director of the Drents Museum, said at the time. &#8220;In its 170-year existence, there has never been such a major incident.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The Dutch government had set aside 5.7 million euros ($6.5 million) for a likely payout following the brazen theft.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Indiana Jones of the Art World&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Brand, nicknamed the\u00a0<span class=\"link\">&#8220;Indiana Jones of the Art World&#8221;<\/span>, has made headlines around the globe for his high-profile recoveries of stolen pieces of art.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2025, he recovered a <span class=\"link\">priceless trove of stolen documents<\/span> from the 15th to the 19th century, including several UNESCO-listed archives from the world&#8217;s first multinational corporation.<\/p>\n<p>A few months before that, Brand helped Dutch police crack the case of the mysterious\u00a0<span class=\"link\">disappearance of a Brueghel painting<\/span>\u00a0from a Polish museum over 50 years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brand&#8217;s other accomplishments include\u00a0<span class=\"link\">returning a Vincent van Gogh<\/span>\u00a0painting to a museum in 2023, more than three years after it was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, he returned a Roman statue that had been stolen from Musee du Pays Chatillonnais in 1973. He also recovered Salvador Dali&#8217;s &#8220;Adolescence,&#8221; a Picasso painting and &#8220;Hitler&#8217;s Horses,&#8221; sculptures that once stood outside the Nazi leader&#8217;s Berlin chancellery.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the art detective told CBS News that\u00a0<span class=\"link\">he&#8217;s brokered deals<\/span>\u00a0with terrorist groups, the mafia and a slew of shady characters in order to track down pieces on the black market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On one hand you have the police, insurance companies, collectors, and on the other hand you have the criminals, the art thieves and the forgers,&#8221; Brand said. &#8220;So there are two different kind of worlds, and they do not communicate. 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