{"id":588349,"date":"2026-02-14T01:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/588349\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T01:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:43:16","slug":"police-appeal-for-help-after-priceless-egyptian-artefacts-stolen-from-caboolture-museum-north-of-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/588349\/","title":{"rendered":"Police appeal for help after ‘priceless’ Egyptian artefacts stolen from Caboolture museum north of Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queensland police are appealing for public help after “priceless” Egyptian artefacts were stolen from a museum north of Brisbane yesterday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police said a man broke into the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture at about 3am on Friday.<\/p>\n

They said the man smashed a window and took several Egyptian artefacts before leaving the scene.<\/p>\n

The stolen items were an ancient burial mask, a figurine of a cat, and jewellery \u2014 all thousands of years old.<\/p>\n

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This figurine of a cat was among the items stolen from the museum. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

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The thief stole pieces of ancient Egyptian jewellery from the displays. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology events and public programs manager Joel Stephens said the artefacts were a key part of the museum’s educational program.<\/p>\n

“For us it’s devastating and heartbreaking,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We have over 10,000 school students every year come through the museum, engage in both our archaeological digs and also come through the museum and learn about world history.<\/p>\n

“These pieces are part of our signature collection and [are] really significant to that education program.”<\/p>\n

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The museum’s Joel Stephens says the loss is “devastating.” (Supplied)<\/p>\n

Mr Stephens said retrieving the artefacts was “all we care about”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“These items are priceless to us\u2026they’re probably not worth a lot to anyone else out there,”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

he said.<\/p>\n

The Queensland Police Service is urging anyone with information relating to the incident, persons involved, or the whereabouts of the stolen property to come forward.<\/p>\n

The Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology has reopened with a limited display of its remaining Egyptian artefacts.<\/p>\n

“We’ve still got a million years of world history on display,” Mr Stephens said.<\/p>\n

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The museum remains open with a limited display of its remaining Egyptian artefacts. (ABC News: Lottie Twyford)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queensland police are appealing for public help after “priceless” Egyptian artefacts were stolen from a museum north of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":588350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[254576,254577,4740,254575,11365,50,7207,4797,4798,8156],"class_list":{"0":"post-588349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-abbey-place","9":"tag-ancient-egyptian-artifacts","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-caboolture","12":"tag-museum","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-police","15":"tag-qld","16":"tag-queensland","17":"tag-theft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116066452068902442","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}