"Priceless" Egyptian artifacts have been stolen from a Queensland museum, police said.
A man smashed a window of Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture in Moreton Bay near Brisbane around 3am this morning and made off with the treasures.
The museum said on Facebook it was"devastated to advise that the Museum was broken into last night, and several of our precious Egyptian artefacts have been taken."
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"We are working closely with Queensland Police Service in the hopes to retrieve our objects" it said.
The museum is described as "a treasure trove of world history that engages young and old."
It says its Egypt collections include predynastic stone tools and pottery, Dynastic amulets, jewellery, figurines, painted panels and ceramics, as well as a "wonderful gilt cartonnage mask".
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That was among the items stolen, alongside jewellery and a statue.
Cartonnage is a type of material used in ancient Egyptian funeral masks.
"Initial investigations indicate at approximately 3am, a man smashed a window of The Abbey Place property and took a quantity of priceless Egyptian artifacts before leaving the scene," Queensland Police said.
Police are appealing for information.
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