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Diamonds robbed from Louvre

Two diamonds worth over $14 million were robbed mid-afternoon from an antique dealers' show at the Paris Louvre museum yesterday. Thegems, one a white 47 carat and the other a 15.74 carat blue......

Mona Lisa starts to age

The Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile is beginning to fade. Curators at the Louvre, the Paris museum where the 500-year-old painting is housed, have warned that Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece was......

'It's a misnomer to call temple assets a treasure'

Since the treasure at Thiruvananthapuram's Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple has been discovered the value of the riches and what should be done with it has become the talk of the town. But......

Many years ago a friend of mine wrote a book, The Wonder that IS India. Both of us have lived more for than 30 years in the Land of the Bharatiyas and share a love for this nation. When he showed......

Nuclear science helps identify fake art

The United Nation's International Atomic Energy Agency is now using nuclear science to help countries crack down on illegal trade in counterfeit art.The Vienna-based agency has teamed up with......

16 top museums of the world

A trip to the museum is always fascinating. It makes one familiar with history. To know a particular place well, one should always pay a visit to the local museum. In this slide show, we......

Why Paris is a tourist's delight

There are very few places in the world that are as closely identified with tourism as the French capital, Paris. The city is not only known as the most romantic place on Earth, but is also famous......

World's greatest art thefts

The 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa, when the self-styled Marques Eduardo de Valfierno paid three men to steal it from the Louvre in Paris, is usually seen as the first great art heist of the 20th......

Making billions on Islamic art

It's hard to know when art maven and real estate investor Nasser David Khalili first felt a craving for legitimacy. Could it have been when his teacher at a Jewish day school in Tehran, Iran......

Night At the Museum 2 is boring

The only good thing one can say about a movie like Night At the Museum: Battle of The Smithsonian is that it provided gainful employment for a few hundred behind-the-scenes people. Since a lot of......

What's the da Vinci fuss about?

For the three or four among you who haven't heard of Dan Brown, his novel Da Vinci Code, or the controversy surrounding the film set to release in India this week, a quick primer.>Da Vinci Code:......

Anand beats Ding Liren, rises to sixth

World champion Viswanathan Anand crashed through the defenses of Chinese champion Ding Liren and jumped to sixth spot after the end of the fifth round in the Alekhine memorial chess tournament, at......

Adams shocks Anand in Alekhine memorial chess tournament

World champion Viswanathan Anand made a disappointing start as he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Englishman Michael Adams in the first round of Alekhine Memorial Chess Tournament in Paris......

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Q. Were and why was the Louvre built?
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Q. which Historical person you would love to romance?I want to romance with Cleopatra... you?
Avinash Gudapati: A. The Louvre, in its successive architectural metamorphoses, has dominated central Paris since the late 12th century. Built on the city's western...... more

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Saudis like their art more than the world does the Louvre

Greenbox Museum in the Gulf If Facebook is the ultimate test of popularity then the most famous art gallery on the planet is not located in New... ...

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Abu Dhabi hosts Birth of a Museum exhibition which unveils selection of one hundred and thirty works, most of them never before seen

Following Louvre Abu Dhabi's first exhibition Talking Art: Louvre Abu Dhabi in 2009 which revealed some of the initial art works acquired by the... ...

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Sherlyn Chopra's reincarnation in a Kamasutra 3D nymphet is Rupesh Paul's artistic sortie

Saint Dracula 3D Published by: Nitish Kapoor F Prev Next L Mumbai: Critically acclaimed director Rupesh Paul has released the 3D poster of his... ...

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Cheapflights.com Takes a Walk on the Wild Side (of the Museum World)

The Smithsonian, The Louvre, The British Museum, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) are among the most popular and visited museums around... ...

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University of Richmond Museums feature Hindu gods & goddesses

Various Hindu gods and goddesses are reportedly featured in 'Religion and Tradition' installation at Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature of... ...

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Diamonds robbed from Louvre

Mona Lisa starts to age

'It's a misnomer to call temple assets a treasure'

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Nuclear science helps identify fake art

16 top museums of the world

Why Paris is a tourist's delight

World's greatest art thefts

Making billions on Islamic art

Night At the Museum 2 is boring

What's the da Vinci fuss about?

Anand beats Ding Liren, rises to sixth

Adams shocks Anand in Alekhine memorial chess tournament

People speak for louvre museum

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