It was the most prosaic of equipment for the grandest of heists: a ladder, propped right under the noses of French guards. The thieves exited as they entered, through a window, fleeing with nearly all ...

His invasion of Russia was a bad idea anyway, but two ruthless pathogens that ripped through Bonparte’s army probably didn’t ...

A massive exhibition celebrating the bicentenary of Jacques Louis-David, whose paintings chronicled the French Revolution and Napoleonic era in real time, opened at the Louvre in Paris.

On October 19, 2025, a team of masked thieves stormed the Louvre Museum in Paris. In less than seven minutes, they stole royal jewels worth more than $100 million that once belonged to France’s ...

The ordinance will allow pre-approved township services to be paid before meetings. Meanwhile, the township is working on ...

The retreat from Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Grande Armée in 1812 was a cataclysmic event that marked the ...

A new genetic analysis of teeth from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals hidden illnesses that plagued the French emperor's ...

The pieces targeted were the French Crown Jewels, prominent points of political discourse during the French Revolution. But the artifacts hold extensive historical and political significance for not ...

At least two arrested over Louvre museum’s daylight diamond heist - A group of four thieves stole crown jewels last weekend ...

The brooch, made of nearly 100 diamonds, was left behind after the emperor fled Waterloo's battlefield to return to Paris.

A diamond jewel owned by Napoleon Bonaparte and seized on the day of the battle of Waterloo will headline Sotheby’s Royal & ...