A 2,500-year-old gold helmet taken in a violent museum break-in in the Netherlands has been recovered, Dutch prosecutors have confirmed, ending months of uncertainty over the fate of one of Romania’s most important historical artefacts.
The Coțofenești helmet – dating to around 500BC and linked to the ancient Dacian civilisation which predates the Roman conquest of present-day Romania – was presented to journalists in Assen under heavy armed guard.
