Recovery of objects from heists is low. it's impossible to put a number to it, but some say art recoveries globally are ...

Archaeologists discover a bench in Pompeii opposite the Villa of the Mysteries that reveals Roman social and political life.

A 2017 astronaut photo shows the islands of Dek and Daga lurking in the murky, algae-infested waters of Ethiopia's Lake Tana.

On October 21, 1907, Nikos Engonopoulos was born in Athens — a painter, poet, and stage designer who became the leading ...

Four men stole nine pieces of France’s royal jewellery, including Empress Eugénie’s crown, from the Louvre in a seven-minute heist, highlighting museum security gaps.

The world’s largest art museum, the Louvre has approximately half a million objects in its collection, with about 30,000 on ...

A pair of landmark exhibitions at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Boston Athenaeum celebrate Allan Rohan Crite’s ...

The United States isn’t exceptional because of our common culture; it’s exceptional because Americans have been able to ...

As the fallout of this week’s extraordinary jewel theft at the Louvre continues, we examine the allure of the art heist ...

The world’s largest art museum, the Louvre has approximately half a million objects in its collection, with about 30,000 on ...

The little-known birthplace of Portugal has beautifully preserved its medieval past—and embarked on an ambitious and ...