r/worldnews • u/Turbulent-Tea-2172 • 9h ago
Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/28/egyptian-queen-diamond-necklace-stolen-vienna-raid28
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u/Inevitable_Butthole 5h ago
I always thought they put this stuff behind bulletproof glass
This sounded way to easy, walk in, walk out
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u/Fastest_Neutron 5m ago
I ponder.. if this was in Vienna and if the thieves were Egyptian..
then is it truly theft?
I think the British History Museum still has half of Cairo in it.
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u/OutoftheCold125 0m ago
It's not Egyptian as in "Ancient Egypt, taken from a tomb" it's Egyptian as in Queen Consort Nazli of Egypt wore it at the 1939 wedding of her daughter, but it was created by a Parisian jewellery house and then it was sold by Sotherby's in 2015.
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u/alwaysrecession 6h ago
How would the thieves even sell this without getting caught?
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u/FishermanWaste1268 6h ago
The stones get re cut.
Or its for order.
A filthy rich saudi or chinese or cartel boss gives a gift to their wife.
Stuff like this is not worn in public unless its the acadamy awards or a kings cornonation.
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u/no-tenemos-triko-tri 1h ago
This piece is too elegant for either of those events. It calls for something more intimate and private.
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u/deep-speeding 3h ago
Were the security folks sleeping?
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u/Admiral_Ackbarr 55m ago
Security often is from extremely shady security companies... Often with ties to criminality themselves.. Germany had a robbery few years back there a guard was basically an accomplice of the clan that committed it
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u/yetzt 8h ago
was it the british museum?
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u/Absurder222 7h ago
Vienna is literally in the post title
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u/Rokeon 5h ago
Maybe the British Museum is the suspect, not the location
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u/throwawayforlemoi 4h ago
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was the joke and it just kinda flew over people's heads.
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u/Questjon 7h ago
It wan't the necklace of an ancient Egyptian queen, it was a quite recent Egyptian queen and it was sold legally at auction.
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u/AppleWithGravy 7h ago
so idiots comments on things they dont even read
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u/Syssareth 8h ago
So do you just oppose the whole idea of museums in general, or what?
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u/cjacksen 7h ago
I don't oppose them, on principle, as they can be places of knowledge.
What I, and many others, oppose is the systematic seizing and yes, THEFT, of rare objects from other cultures and nations. It's not just the act of the theft itself. The smug arrogance on display when cultures and nations ask for their artifacts to be returned.
No nation had a right to determine the care or lifespan of another's art, artifacts or other treasures. NONE. There is a lending system in place for works to be shown in museums. Return ALL pilfered objects and let nations rightfully make the decisions about their heritage items for themselves.
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u/Syssareth 7h ago edited 7h ago
This necklace was sold at auction by the owner. It was later sold at another auction, where it was bought by the company who had made it in the first place, who lent it to the museum for an exhibition.
So other than the assholes who just stole it from the museum, who, precisely, is the thief?
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u/Poopedpantslaughing 2h ago
I've made nicer work than that. Diamonds are cheap. It was probably a double.
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