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Greece’s Culture Minister Pavlos Geroulanos submitted his resignation after the robbery, state television reported, but it was unclear whether it had been accepted by Prime Minister Lucas Papademos.
Police set up roadblocks in the area as part of a broad search to try to locate the robbers.
Police and museum authorities did not have an immediate account of the items taken from smashed display cases, but local authorities and police said about 60 artifacts are estimated to have snatched.
“According to the results of the investigation so far, unknown persons, this morning, at about 07:34 a.m., immobilized the guard of the museum and removed bronze and clay objects from the displays, as well as a gold ring,” a police statement said.
Sporting authorities are to hold a ceremony at the museum on May 10 to light the Olympic flame for the London Games.
Friday’s robbery is the second major museum theft in the past two months in Greece. In January, thieves made off with art works by 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian from the country’s National Gallery in central Athens.
In that pre-dawn heist, the burglars also took a pen and ink drawing of a religious scene by Italian 16th century painter Guglielmo Caccia. A fourth work by Mondrian also was removed from the National Art Gallery in one of the best-guarded areas of central Athens, but the thieves abandoned it as they fled. No arrests have been made.
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They are extremely moved by the public's warmth and support and are grateful for the understanding of their request for privacy at this time, a statement said
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