Dear ICME members and friends,
Last August 14, some 400 artefacts belonging to the collections of the
Bergen University Museum, in Norway, were stolen. If not recovered, this
is an incredible loss of Norwegian and universal heritage.
The robbery has been reported in the news. During the night, several
burglars climbed a scaffold, entered the storage on the 7th floor of the
Museum, and raided the collection.
https://www.thelocal.no/20170814/high-value-objects-stolen-from-norway-museum
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1486633/400-viking-objects-stolen-norway-museum-heist/
The focus is now on disseminating the information in case the
artefacts appear on the market.
Pictures are available on the University of Bergen website and FB:
http://www.uib.no/aktuelt/109802/innbruddet-p%C3%A5-universitetsmuseet-i-bergen
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.716168091907676&type=1
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