The Universitetet i Bergen has begun uploading images to Flickr of the approximately 400 objects stolen from the University Museum of Bergen in Norway on August 12, 2017.
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| Thieves who broke into the museum entered through this window on the seventh floor of the building. Image Credit: Begin Police |
Thieves entered the museum on the Saturday by climbing up a scaffold and breaking a window on the 7th floor. Currently it is unclear to authorities whether or not the burglary was professional in nature, as apposed to opportunistic.
Of the items stolen, most appear to be from the Iron Age, Migration Age and Viking Age periods. All the more puzzling as these objects are of historical significance and well documented, so not likely to generate a significant sum if the thieves tried to fence them.
As the public demands an answer as to how 400 objects could be carted away without someone noticing, individuals at the university are trying its best to look towards the recovery of the objects. In order to spread the word quickly about the impact of the theft, they have established a Facebook group (primarily in the Norwegian language) Tyveriet på Historisk museum (Burglary at The University Museum of Bergen) and social media hashtags #vikingskatten #vikingtreasure. Their goal being to draw the public's attention to the crime and to make the public aware that these objects may be in circulation.
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