Thomas Schlesser, who wrote the bestseller, says it ‘slightly irritates’ him when people say they read the book’s sections ...

Leonardo da Vinci started the iconic 'Mona Lisa' painting in Italy but finished it in France, where he sold it to the French ...

Experts say jewels stolen in heists from the iconic Parisian museum are hard to recover, as they are broken down.

It was the Monday morning of August 21, 1911, the weekly closure day of the Louvre during the summer holidays, when an ...

Thieves snatched jewelry valued at more than $100 million, but the museum will not be compensated for the loss.

Never say never. The Mona Lisa (1503), undoubtedly the main attraction at the Louvre, was stolen in 1911 and recovered two ...

The world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris was unexpectedly shut on Sunday following a robbery. Confused tourists gathered ...

Each stolen piece — an emerald necklace and earrings, two crowns, two brooches, a sapphire necklace and a single earring — ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris was struck by a daring theft on Sunday morning, when robbers stole eight priceless pieces of Napoleonic jewelry in a four-minute raid.

Commodity thieves generally don’t worry about leaving some valuable pieces behind. The Louvre robbers tried to steal a crown ...

If the government shutdown stretches beyond October, experts warn that Nov. 1 could mark a grim cutoff for low- and ...

Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from ...