Mere weeks into the job, ‘securocrat’ Sir Thomas Drew has positioned Paris’s 18th-century Hôtel de Charost as ‘an informal ...
Mary Sheffield has made history. On Guard examines how Sheffield won, what went wrong for the Rev. Solomon Kinloch, and what ...
Made up of the islands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino, the archipelago boasts a remarkable collection of historical sites and a ...
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 ...
From gilded palace gates and formidable city entrances to pretty portals into sacred places, we take a look at the most ...
Hungarian Empire collapsed, the priceless jewels belonging to the Habsburg family vanished as well, including the fabled "Florentine Diamond." Now, much of the treasure has reappeared - on a different ...
Venice has revived a tradition of building a temporary bridge to San Michele island for All Souls' Day. The bridge allows Venetians to walk the quarter-mile lagoon crossing to pay respects to ...
The raid on the Louvre is far from the first museum heist. But several factors have combined to make Europe fertile ground for cultural thefts.
Calls for Britain to return the Rosetta Stone have intensified following the opening of a new museum in Egypt. The ...
GOP lawmaker proposes changing name of popular airport to ‘Donald J. Trump International’ - Republican lawmakers previously ...