3 days ago · The golden helmet of Coțofenești at the Drents Museum Drents Museum In the dead of the night, three hooded thieves appeared outside the Drents Museum in Assen, a city in the northeastern ...

3 days ago · To Romania, the ancient helmet is a priceless cultural heirloom. To the Netherlands, it’s a stolen artifact that authorities hope to retrieve to uphold a reputation for safe museums. The intricate golden Cotofenesti helmet dates back some 2,500 years and is one Romania’s most revered national treasures from the Dacia civilization.

The Man with the Golden Helmet (c. 1650) is an oil-on-canvas painting formerly attributed to the Dutch painter Rembrandt and today considered to be a work by someone in his circle. The Man with the Golden Helmet is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin .

3 days ago · The intricate golden Cotofenesti helmet dates back some 2,500 years and is one Romania’s most revered national treasures from the Dacia civilization. It was on display at the small Drents Museum ...

2 days ago · Thieves stole four ancient artefacts, including a 2,450-year-old golden helmet, from a museum in the Netherlands. The incident took place during the early hours of January 25 at Drents Museum in Assen. The stolen artefacts were given on loan to the Drents Museum by the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest.

The Golden Helmet of Coțofenești (pronounced [kotsofeneʃti]) is a Geto-Dacian helmet dating from the second half of the 5th century BC. Discovered from a village in Prahova County in Romania, it was exhibited at the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest before being stolen in 2025 during a robbery at the Drents Museum in Assen ...

3 days ago · Thieves have stolen four ancient artifacts, including an approximately 2,500-year-old gold helmet, after using explosives to break into a museum in the Netherlands. The daring heist took place at ...

5 days ago · The police said the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, a highly regarded artifact from Romania, was among the items stolen from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands. Listen to this article · 2:30 min ...

5 days ago · Thieves blow up Dutch museum door and steal 2,400-year-old golden helmet. Police in the Netherlands say several people are behind a heist that led to the theft of the golden helmet of Cotofenesti ...

A band of thieves blasted their way into a Dutch museum to steal a 2,400-year-old golden helmet — with fears growing that they could melt the priceless artifact. The ancient Cotofenesti helmet ...