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The Christmas night that Mexico’s National Anthropology Museum was robbed of its treasures.

The robbery at Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology remains one of the most astonishing events in art history. This is what happened.

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexico-city-plus/the-heist-of-the-century-the-night-mexicos-national-anthropology-museum-was-stripped-of-its-treasures/ #globalmuseum #museums

Mexico News Daily

The Christmas night that Mexico’s National Anthropology Museum was robbed of its treasures

In 1985, two veterinary students pulled of the heist of the century in Mexico, stealing priceless treasures from a Mexico City museum.
The Mask of Pakal, one of many of the art objects stolen in the heist so famous it would have been impossible to fence. (Wikimedia Commons/Wolfgang Sauber)
The Mask of Pakal, one of many of the art objects stolen in the heist so famous it would have been impossible to fence. (Wikimedia Commons/Wolfgang Sauber)
The Mask of Pakal, one of many of the art objects stolen in the heist so famous it would have been impossible to fence. (Wikimedia Commons/Wolfgang Sauber)
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