Leonardo da Vinci, the creator of the famous Mona Lisa, was an Italian painter and sculptor. This raises the question of why ...

Many stolen treasures from the Paris museum have never been recovered. The Sunday theft from the Louvre Museum of eight priceless pieces of jewelry belonging to Emperor Napoleon and his wife has ...

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As the coronavirus pandemic keeps visitors away, the Louvre is offering time close-up with the "Mona Lisa" and a walk along ...

One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso numbered among the suspects. People gather around the Mona Lisa painting in ...

In case you missed it, on October 19, 2025, thieves, disguised as workers, stole eight pieces of the French Crown Jewels from the Galerie d'Apollon inside the Louvre in Paris. The entire robbery took ...

While the daring Sunday robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris continues to capture worldwide attention, it's not the first time priceless artifacts have been stolen from the museum's collection — and ...

PARIS (AP) — The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty crown jewels — long admired at home, little known abroad — to global fame. One ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. PARIS (AP) — The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has ...

The robbers employed a portable electric ladder to break into a second-floor wing of the Paris museum that holds the French crown jewels. By Catherine Porter and Aurelien Breeden Catherine Porter and ...

Louvre, one of the world's most visited and iconic museums, has a history of being robbed and that too in day time. A team of four thieves robbed the Louvre's Apollo Gallery on Sunday around 9.30 am, ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris is closed after masked thieves stole priceless jewels in what officials have described as a seven-minute heist in broad daylight. Shortly after the museum opened on Sunday ...