The museum has promised to reward those who help to find two stolen artifact
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is so cherished artifacts stolen last fall of the Roman era, that the appointed fee of 10,000 Canadian dollars to anyone who can help them find
head man. Roman Empire. Egyptian style. I c. N. E.
Yellow Numidian marble. 20,2 x 13,3 x 8,5
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head guard (a fragment of a bas-relief). V in. BC. e.
Persia, Persepolis, the Achaemenid dynasty
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insurance company AXA ART, dealing with insurance works of art, has appointed a solid reward to anyone who can help you find two small artifact of the Roman era - an Assyrian bas-relief and a marble head, which had been stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in the autumn of 2011. In order not to interfere with police investigation, the details of a robbery previously kept secret.
Museum of concern not only the material value of stolen goods (which, incidentally, quite naturally) - the museum staff was discouraged loss of these two high- exhibits that visitors can no longer see them on display. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts emphasizes that it is an isolated case. The museum's displays are protected by advanced security system, many of them attached motion sensors. All rooms are installed security cameras that output images to a single vantage point. Police and a representative of the insurance company AXA ART have access to video robbery: the film is clearly visible to the thief. It is a white male over 30, an increase of about 170 cm, with a bag on his shoulder.
prize of 10 thousand Canadian dollars (about 10,000 U.S. dollars) is promised to anyone who can identify the thief. Insurance company AXA ART hoped that a generous reward will spur an investigation and help to find the stolen artifacts. In order not to harm the investigation, the cost of work will not be disclosed.
Claire Dewey (Clare Dewey) of the AXA ART explains that to find the artifacts that are due to the small size is easy to remove from Quebec possible only with the cooperation between the museum, insurers and police.
Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI
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