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Feb 21

Ancient Olympia Antiquities Museum Is Robbed, Greece's Cultural Minister Submits Resignation →

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Two masked armed robbers tied up a museum guard at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece and made off with dozens of artifacts, authorities said Friday.

Greece’s Culture Minister Pavlos Geroulanos submitted his resignation after the robbery at the antiquities museum in Ancient Olympia, but it was unclear whether it had been accepted by Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. Geroulanos was traveling to Olympia on Friday.

Police set up roadblocks in the area as part of a broad search to try to locate the robbers, who wore ski masks.

Museum authorities and police did not have an immediate account of the items taken from smashed display cases, but local authorities and police said about 60 artifacts are estimated to have been snatched.

“According to the results of the investigation so far, unknown persons, this morning, at about 07:34 a.m., immobilized the guard of the museum and removed bronze and clay objects from the displays, as well as a gold ring,” a police statement said.

Olympia Mayor Efthimios Kotzas urged authorities to improve security at the site.

“The level of security is indeed lacking,” Kotzas told state-run NET television. “These are treasures. A piece of world heritage has been lost thanks to these thieves … I think (authorities) should have been more mindful and the security should have been more serious.”

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    D= THE ARTIFACTS Where are the Spartans when you need them? Or proper law and order would suffice…
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    KRATOS TIME TO SHARPEN YOUR BLADES OF ATHENA! SLAUGHTER THEM!
  11. thoughts-day-by-day reblogged this from archaeology and added:
    That’s just heartbreaking.
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    I can’t help wondering if, in light of Greece’s financial crisis, things like museum security were deemed to be...
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    I look forward to carrying out their executions.
  16. alesia-alisanos reblogged this from napoleoncaesarparte and added:
    Well. I know where I’m taking my army this week.
  17. fais-ce-que-voudras reblogged this from napoleoncaesarparte and added:
    THIS IS WHY YOU CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS, GREECE! This is why Britian will not give back your Elgin Marbles. You’ll LOSE...
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    This is terrible. Even...Greece, people need...respect. This...
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    WILL KILL YOU ALL.
  25. mindbokeh reblogged this from archaeology and added:
    artifacts while they were still there. The question is, do Greeks really care?
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    NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?????? The safety...important than...
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    nick cage. How’s
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