Thieves steal priceless jewels from Louvre in a daring heist
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From the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 to the French Crown Jewels heist this past weekend, the Parisian musuem has seen some audacious crimes over the decades.
The heist at the Louvre in Paris has shocked the art world, though such spectacular thefts have a long tradition. What drove the perpetrators, and where might the loot end up?
PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Security guards roaming the Louvre museum at night encounter African masquerades, a ghostly dancer in a scuba diving mask, an equestrian statue that makes baby noises and crazed carnival kings armed with rubber ducks. No, this is ...
Paris Fashion Week is underway, which means industry insiders have begun descending upon the City of Light for yet another season of runway collections. Last night, however, the French capital’s most-talked-about style was at the historic Louvre, which ...